Jean-François "J-F" Trépanier (born February 20, 1987) is a

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curler from Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois, Quebec. He currently plays

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on Team

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Career

Trépanier began playing with the Mike Fournier rink with

at third and William Dion at second for the 2017–18 season. He previously played for Denis Robichaud, Simon Hebert and

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. In their first season together, Team Fournier won the 2018 WFG Tankard. The team qualified for the playoffs as the fourth seed and won three straight games to claim the provincial title. At the

2018 Tim Hortons Brier The 2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 3 to 11, 2018 at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. The winning team represented Canada at the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship from March ...

, they finished 3–5 record, finishing in tenth place. They could not defend their provincial title the following year, losing to

Martin Crête Martin Crête (born March 12, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Lévis, Quebec. He was the long time third for Jean-Michel Ménard from 2007 to 2018. Career Crête played as a competitive junior skip near the beginning of his career, finishing as ...

in the final of the 2019 WFG Tankard. Trépanier qualified for his first

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event during the 2019–20 season at the

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Tier 2. His team qualified for the playoffs with a perfect 4–0 record. They then defeated Jamie Murphy in the quarterfinals before losing to eventual winners

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in the semifinal. Also during the 2019–20 season, Team Fournier finished third at the

2020 Quebec Tankard The 2020 Quebec Tankard the Quebec men's provincial curling championship was held from January 19 to 26 at the Arèna de Salaberry in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec. The winning Alek Bédard rink represented Quebec at the 2020 Tim Hortons Bri ...

. Due to the

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, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled.

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then decided to appoint Team Fournier to represent Quebec at the

2021 Tim Hortons Brier The 2021 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 5 to 14 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. In the final, Team Alberta, skipped by Brendan Bottcher defeated Team ...

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. The event was played in a bio-secure bubble to prevent the spread of the virus. At the Brier, they finished with a 4–4 record, failing to qualify for the championship round. In their first event of the 2021–22 season, Team Fournier reached the final of the

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. Because of their previous successes on tour, the team had enough points to qualify for the

2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials The 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials were held from October 25 to 31 at the Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. The event qualified two teams for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Qualif ...

. At the Pre-Trials, the team finished the round robin with a 3–3 record, missing the playoff round. Later in the season, they won the

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and reached the final of both the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic and the Finale du Circuit. The

Quebec Tankard The Hardline Quebec Tankard (French: ''Tankard Hardline''), formerly the Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship is the Quebec provincial championship for men's curling. The tournament is run by Curling Québec, the provincial curling associa ...

was once again cancelled due to the pandemic and Team Fournier were named as the provinces representatives for the

2022 Tim Hortons Brier The 2022 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 4 to 13 at the ENMAX Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta. In the final, the defending Olympic bronze medallist Brad Gushue Wild Card #1 team, which also inclu ...

. At the Brier, the team finished once again with a 4–4, placing sixth in their pool. Following the season, skip Mike Fournier moved to Ontario and

took over as skip of the team with

Émile Asselin Émile Asselin (born November 15, 1996) is a Canadian curler from Montreal, Quebec. He currently plays second on Team Félix Asselin. Career Playing lead for his brother Félix Asselin, Émile won back-to-back Quebec Junior Curling Championship ...

coming in to play second.

Personal life

Trépanier is employed as an electrician at Quebec Hydro. He is married to Melissa Gilbert Paquette, and has three children. Prior to his curling career, Trépanier played ice hockey. He spent four seasons in the

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playing for the Valleyfield Braves from 2004 to 2008 and played for the

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in the

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from 2008 to 2009.https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/110579/jean-francois-trepanier

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trépanier, Jean-François 1987 births Living people Canadian male curlers Curlers from Quebec Sportspeople from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield New Zealand Ice Hockey League players Ice hockey people from Quebec Canadian ice hockey forwards French Quebecers