James Douglas Lind (born February 19, 1985) is a Canadian curler and

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. He led three different Japanese curling club teams at Olympic Games in

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and in 2018 PyeongChang as the

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, and brought five

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s to Japanese women's team in 2018.

Career

As a player

Lind started his career as a curler at junior teams. He is the runner up skip position at Twin Anchors Houseboats Vacations / Prestige Inn Classic in 2004. He is the winner of

2011 World Financial Group Classic The 2011 World Financial Group Classic was held from November 11 to 13 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the event was CAD$24,000, and the event was held in a round robin ...

as the third position of Team Virtue. In 2012, he got

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s at

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as the third of Team Virtue and at HDF Insurance Shoot-Out as the third of Team Thomas.

As a coach

He started the career as a coach for Team Thomas at

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in 2007. From 2013 to 2016, he worked as the head coach of three years course; ''Hokkaido Women's Curling Academy'' in Sapporo. Since 2013, he has been working as the

for the . At the games of

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, he led Japanese women's team '', in Sapporo City, Hokkaido Island'', which resulted 4th in round robin standing. At the games of

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, he led Japanese women's team '', in Tokoro Town, Kitami City, Hokkaido Island'' to bronze medal. He also coached Japanese men's team '', in Karuizawa Town,

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'' at the games of

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, which resulted 8th final standing.

Personal life

Lind is married and has one son. He is an inductee to the Southern Alberta Curling Hall of Fame.

References

External links

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Curling Coach Profile: J. D. Lind
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Japan Curling Association
(in Japanese)
Hokkaido Bank Fortius
in Sapporo, Hokkaido (in Japanese, 2014 Olympians coached by J. D. Lind)
Loco Solare; Tokoro Curling Team
in Kitami, Hokkaido (in Japanese, 2018 bronze medal Olympians coached by J. D. Lind)
Sports Community Karuizawa Club
in Karuizawa, Nagano (in Japanese, 2018 Olympians coached by J. D. Lind) {{DEFAULTSORT:Lind, J.D. Canadian male curlers Curlers from Calgary Living people 1985 births Canadian curling coaches