Jean-Sébastien Roy (born August 14, 1977) is a
Canadian
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curler from
Gatineau
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,
Quebec
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.
Career
Roy is a two time provincial junior champion, winning in 1995 as the third for
Yanick Gaudreault and in 1997 as the third for
Philippe Lemay
Philippe Lemay (or LeMay) (born March 27, 1977) in is a Canadian curler from Grandes-Piles, Quebec.
Lemay is most notable for playing second on the Quebec team, skipped by Pierre Charette at the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier. The team finished with ...
. At the
1995 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 1995 Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held February 4-12 at the Caledonian Curling Club in Regina, Saskatchewan.
For the women's event, prior to 1994, the winner of the Canadian Junior Curling Championships would go on to play in the ...
, Quebec finished with a 5–6 record. At the
1997 Canadian Juniors, the team finished the round robin with a 7–5 record, in a 5-way tie for 3rd place. They ended up losing their tiebreaker match to the
Yukon
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team, skipped by
Wyatt Redlin.
Roy won his first
provincial men's championship in 2004 as the second for
Daniel Lafleur
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. At the
2004 Nokia Brier
The 2004 Nokia Brier was held from March 6 to 14, 2004 at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The Nova Scotia team skipped by Mark Dacey defeated the Alberta team of Randy Ferbey in dramatic fashion in the final game played on March 1 ...
, Quebec finished with a 3–8 record. He won his second provincial championship in 2012 with Desjardins.
In 2019, Roy and teammates
Amélie Blais,
Dan deWaard and
Brenda Nicholls
Brenda Nicholls (born August 9, 1972 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian curler.
Career 1991–1999
Nicholls made her national curling debut at the 1991 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. She was playing fourth stones for skip Katie Ars ...
won the
2020 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
The 2020 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held from November 3 to 9, 2019 at the Foyer des loisirs et de la culture in Jonquière, Saguenay, Quebec.
Quebec won the event, having gone undefeated throughout the tournament. It was only the ...
. The team went undefeated at the event, which was held in Roy's hometown of Jonquière. It was only the second time Quebec won the event.
References
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1977 births
Curlers from Quebec
French Quebecers
Living people
Sportspeople from Gatineau
Sportspeople from Saguenay, Quebec
Canadian mixed curling champions
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