Jolene Campbell (born Jolene McIvor on August 12, 1981) is a

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curler from

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. She currently skips her own team out of

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Curling career

Junior career

Born in

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, Campbell won a provincial junior title in 2002, skipping a team consisting of Teejay Surik,

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and

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. At the

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she led Saskatchewan to a third-place finish, after losing in the semifinal to Prince Edward Island's

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2007–2012

Campbell and her team of

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and

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, would win the

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in 2007. Campbell was the alternate for the

Amber Holland Amber Holland (born July 10, 1974) is a Canadian curler from Loreburn, Saskatchewan. Holland skipped Saskatchewan's team to a national women's championship in 2011 by defeating defending champion Jennifer Jones in the Scotties Tournament of He ...

rink. She played in three Scotties to date as a member of the team, going 6-5 in 2010 and 2012 and winning it in 2011. The team won a silver medal at the

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in Denmark. Campbell was seven months pregnant at the time

At the

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, Holland would utilize Campbell as fifth player, when

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was injured. Campbell would play six out of eleven round robin games, and finished round robin with the highest player percentages amongst seconds.

2012–2014

From 2012-2014, Campbell played third for the

rink which included Brooklyn Lemon and Dailene Sivertson at front end. Campbell won one World Curling Tour event as a member of the Holland rink, the 2013

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. The team placed third at the

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and tied for fifth at the

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. After the season, Campbell left the Holland rink to form her own team, including former Scottish champion Kelly Schafer (formerly Wood), Teejay Haichert and Kelsey Dutton.

Personal life

Campbell is a graduate from the

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and works as a communications officer with the

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. She is married to Greg Campbell and has three children.

References

External links

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