Grant Dezura (born October 20, 1973) is a

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curler from

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. As a junior curler, Dezura won two provincial championships, in 1991 and 1992. He skipped Team British Columbia at both the

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and

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. In 1991, after posting an 8-3 round robin record, he led his B.C. rink to a semifinal loss to Northern Ontario's Jason Repay. In 1992, he had less success, leading B.C. to a 4-7 record.http://cloudfront10.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Juniors_Men_1992.pdf Dezura won a provincial mixed championship in 1998, with future wife

Diane Nelson Diane Dezura (born July 1, 1958 in Burnaby, British Columbia as Diane Nelson) is a Canadians, Canadian retired Curling, curler and Olympic medalist. As Diane Nelson, she played lead on for the Kelley Law rink in the early 2000s, one of the best ...

, and teammates

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and Sue Allen. The team went 6-5 at the

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, losing in a tiebreaker. In men's play, Dezura has played for a number of different rinks including Jim Armstrong , Brian Gessner,

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, Greg Folk,

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and

Brent Pierce Brent Pierce (born July 7, 1969) is a Canadian curler and coach from New Westminster, British Columbia. Career Pierce is a 1987 provincial junior champion skip, and a four-time provincial champion, former national and world champion playing th ...

, as well as skipping his own teams from 1997-1999, 2000–01, 2003–06 and since 2013. On the

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, he has won the 2011

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, the 2012 Cloverdale Cash Spiel, the 2012 Valley First Crown of Curling (playing lead for Pierce in all three), the 2013

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and the 2014 Cloverdale Cash Spiel.

Personal life

Dezura is married to Olympic bronze medalist

Diane Dezura Diane Dezura (born July 1, 1958 in Burnaby, British Columbia as Diane Nelson) is a Canadian retired curler and Olympic medalist. As Diane Nelson, she played lead on for the Kelley Law rink in the early 2000s, one of the best teams in the world ...

, they have two kids named Ashley Ann Dezura and Wally Dezura. He is a business owner with Coronation Business Group.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dezura, Grant Living people Curlers from British Columbia 1973 births People from Maple Ridge, British Columbia