Justine Comeau (born July 28, 1998) is a

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curler from Fredericton,

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Career

Comeau has represented New Brunswick at four

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with two bronze medals to her name in 2016 and 2018. She also has a very accomplished Under 18 championship record, having won silver medals in both 2016 and 2017 at the 2016 U18 International Curling Championships and the 2017 Canadian U18 Curling Championships. Still of junior age, she has participated in the past few

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. In 2017, she lost the semifinal to the

Melissa Adams Melissa Adams (born December 16, 1977 in Grand Falls, New Brunswick as Melissa McClure) is a Canadian curler from Hanwell, New Brunswick. She currently skips her own team. She is a former Canadian and World Junior champion skip. Career Junior ...

rink and in 2018 she lost the tiebreaker to

Sarah Mallais Sarah Mallais (born January 11, 1989 as Sarah Berthelot) is a Canadian curler from Moncton, New Brunswick. She currently plays third on Team Sylvie Quillian. Career In her junior years, Mallais represented New Brunswick at the 2007 Canada Ga ...

. She did not participate in the 2019 playdowns as she was at the 2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. The Comeau rink would lose another semifinal at the 2020 provincials, this time to the

Sylvie Quillian Sylvie Quillian (born June 18, 1980 as Sylvie Robichaud) is a Canadian curler from Riverview, New Brunswick. She has won four New Brunswick Scotties Tournament of Hearts and was the New Brunswick provincial junior champion from 1999–2001. ...

rink. Later that season, Comeau skipped the

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at the 2020 U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships. There, the team made it all the way to the final where they lost to the Alberta Pandas skipped by

Selena Sturmay Selena Sturmay (born June 21, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. She currently skips her own team out of the Saville Community Sports Centre. Career Sturmay made her first appearance at the Canadian Junior Curling Championshi ...

. Comeau aged out of juniors the next season and joined a new team skipped by

with

Jaclyn Tingley Jaclyn Lora Crandall (born April 4, 1989), previously known as Jaclyn Tingley, is a Canadian curler from Fredericton, New Brunswick. She currently plays third on Team Melissa Adams. Career Crandall played in her first provincial championship ...

at second and

Kendra Lister Kendra Lister (born October 4, 1987 as Kendra Dickison) is a Canadian curler from Fredericton, New Brunswick. She currently plays second on Team Melissa Adams. Career Women's Lister joined the Quillian (Robichaud at the time) rink after the 2 ...

at lead. Due to the

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, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. As the reigning provincial champions, Team

Andrea Crawford Andrea Kelly (born July 31, 1985), previously known as Andrea Crawford, is a Canadian curler from Fredericton, New Brunswick. She currently skips her own team out of the Capital Winter Club in Fredericton. She is a nine-time New Brunswick Scot ...

was given the invitation to represent New Brunswick at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, but they declined due to work and family commitments. Team Adams was then invited in their place, which they accepted. Comeau, however, could not attend the event due to being a student, leaving

Nicole Arsenault Bishop Nicole Arsenault-Bishop (born October 28, 1981) is a Canadian curler from Riverview, New Brunswick. She currently skips her own team out of Curl Moncton in Moncton, New Brunswick. Career Arsenault-Bishop played in her first New Brunswick Scot ...

to take her place. At the Hearts, Team Adams finished with a 3–5 round robin record, failing to qualify for the championship round.

Personal life

Comeau currently attends the

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and is a Business Administration student. Her sister is

Brigitte Comeau Brigitte Comeau (born October 7, 1999 in Fredericton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian curler from Hanwell, New Brunswick. She is the former second on Team Justine Comeau. Career Brigitte Comeau has represented New Brunswick at four Canadian J ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Comeau, Justine Living people Canadian women curlers Curlers from New Brunswick Sportspeople from Fredericton University of New Brunswick alumni 1998 births