Kaitlyn Jones (born March 21, 1998) is a Canadian curler from

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...

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Career

Juniors

Born in

Thompson, Manitoba Thompson (population 13,678) is the largest city in the Northern Region of Manitoba and is situated along the Burntwood River, north of Winnipeg. Originally founded in 1956 as a mining town, it now primarily serves as the "Hub of the North", p ...

, Jones curled out of

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, New Aiyansh, British Columbia and Ontario before moving to

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, where she competed in Saskatchewan's provincial junior championships in 2015, 2016 and 2017, winning in a provincial title in her last attempt. Her team of Sara England, Rayann Zerr and Shantel Hutton represented the province at the

2017 Canadian Junior Curling Championships The 2017 Canadian Junior Curling Championships was held from January 21 to 29 at the Archie Browning Sports Centre and the Esquimalt Curling Club in Esquimalt, British Columbia. The winners represented Canada at the 2017 World Junior Curling Cha ...

. There, she led her team to a 5–5 record, missing the playoffs. The following season, Jones moved to

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, to skip a team of 2016 World Junior champions Kristin Clarke and

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along with Lindsey Burgess. The team represented Nova Scotia at the 2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, where they steamrolled through the round robin, losing just one game to finish first place. The team beat Quebec in the final, earning them the right to represent Canada at the 2018 World Junior Curling Championships. There, the team went 7–2 in the round robin, good enough for second place. In the playoffs, they beat China in the semifinal and then the first place and defending champion

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rink, representing Sweden in the final, to win the gold medal. Jones also won the Saskatchewan U18 title in 2014 and won a bronze medal at the

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title at the

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. As World Junior champions, her team was invited to play in the

2018 Humpty's Champions Cup The 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup is the final Grand Slam of curling event of the 2017–18 curling season. It was held April 24–29, 2018 at the WinSport Arena, Canada Olympic Park, in Calgary, Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen ...

, Jones' first

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event. Her rink would not win any games. Her team was invited to play at the 2018 Masters held in

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, as a local team. The team did very well there, going 3–1 in group play, but lost in the quarterfinal to Team

Chelsea Carey Chelsea Danielle Carey (born September 12, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She is the 2016 and 2019 Canadian and Alberta women's champion skip and 2014 Manitoba provincial women's champion skip. Career E ...

. Jones officially graduated to women's play in 2019. On April 2, 2019, she announced she would be skipping the team of

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and Morgan Court for the 2019-20 season. The team did not have a great season, failing to win any tour events and not qualifying for the provincial championship. The team disbanded after just one season.

Personal life

Jones was a student at Humber College studying Radio Broadcasting. She skipped the Humber Hawks Women's Curling Team to a gold medal in the OCAA Provincial Championship.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Kaitlyn 1998 births Living people Canadian women curlers Curlers from British Columbia Curlers from Winnipeg Curlers from Ottawa Curlers from Halifax, Nova Scotia Curlers from Regina, Saskatchewan People from Thompson, Manitoba People from Chilliwack Dalhousie University alumni 21st-century Canadian women 21st-century Canadian people