Martin Crête (born March 12, 1985) is a

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curler from Lévis, Quebec. He was the long time

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for

Jean-Michel Ménard Jean-Michel Ménard (born January 19, 1976) is a Canadian curler from Aylmer, Quebec. Ménard is notable for being the first Francophone skip from Quebec to win the Brier - Canada's national curling championship- which he did in 2006. In 2022 h ...

from 2007 to 2018.

Career

Crête played as a competitive junior skip near the beginning of his career, finishing as the runner-up at the 2002 Canadian Junior Curling Championships and in third place at the 2003 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. He also skipped Team Quebec at the

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, and

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Canadian Junior Championships, finishing sixth, fourth, and fourth, respectively. He also competed in the 2006 Quebec men's provincial championship, finishing tied for fifth after a loss to

Pierre Charette Pierre G. "The Duffer" Charette (born June 23, 1955) is a Canadian curler from Gatineau, Quebec. He currently coaches the Silvana Tirinzoni rink and the Jean-Michel Ménard rink. Career Born in Masson, Quebec, Charette has played in thirteen ...

in the playoffs. After he joined

as third, Crête went to his first Brier in

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, where he represented Quebec under Ménard. They finished in sixth place with a 4–7 win–loss record. The team returned the next year, finishing in fifth place with a 7–4 win–loss record after losing the tiebreaker for the fourth place playoff spot against Manitoba's

Jeff Stoughton Jeffrey R. Stoughton (born July 26, 1963) is a Canadian retired curler. He is a three-time Brier champion and two-time World champion as skip. Stoughton retired from competitive curling in 2015. He is currently the National Men's Coach and Pr ...

. Crête and the rest of the team won the Quebec provincials again in

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and returned to

the Brier The Brier ('), known since 2024 as the Montana's Brier for sponsorship reasons, is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The Brier has been held since 1927, traditionally during the month of March. The w ...

, where, after a strong start, they finished in sixth place with a 6–5 win–loss record. The team won the Quebec Tankard again in 2014, and had a strong performance at the

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, finishing 7–4 in the round robin, winning the 3–4 game, but losing in semifinal and the bronze medal game. The team won their third straight provincial Tankard in 2015. At the

2015 Tim Hortons Brier The 2015 Tim Hortons Brier was held from February 28 to March 8 at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In the final, the team of Pat Simmons (curler), Pat Simmons, John Morris (curler), John Morris, Carter Rycroft and Nolan Thiessen ...

, they had to settle with a 6–5 record, missing the playoffs. They won a fourth straight Quebec Tankard in 2016, but had a rather lackluster

2016 Tim Hortons Brier The 2016 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 5–13, 2016 at TD Place Arena in Ottawa, Ontario. It is the fourth time the Brier has been held in Ottawa, and the fifth time the Brier has been held i ...

, finishing with a 4–7 record. The team won their final Tankard in 2017 together. They had a strong performance at the

2017 Tim Hortons Brier The 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 4–12, 2017 at the Mile One Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. This marked the second time the Bri ...

, finishing with a 7–4 record, but that year it was not good enough to make the playoffs. The team lost in the final of the 2018 provincials to

Mike Fournier Michael "Mike" Fournier (born November 24, 1971) is a Canadian curler originally from Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec. He currently skips his own team out of Toronto, Ontario. Career Fournier played in his first Quebec Tankard in 2014 at the 2 ...

, and did not make that year's Brier. At the end of the season, Ménard retired from competitive curling and Crête took over the team as skip. Replacing Crête at third would be Philippe Lemay. In their first

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with their new lineup, Crête beat Fournier in the final, and represented Quebec at the

2019 Tim Hortons Brier The 2019 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 2 to 10 at Westoba Place in Brandon, Manitoba. In the final, Kevin Koe of Alberta defeated Team Wildcard skipped by Brendan Bottcher 4–3 by scoring ...

, where he led Team Quebec to a 3–4 finish, missing the championship round. The following season, his team only played in one event, the 2019 La Classique Ville de Levis, where they lost in the final to Vincent Roberge. Crête joined the Mike Fournier team for the 2020–21 season. 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, skip (curling), skipped by Brendan Bottch ...

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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 Capital Curling Fall Open. Because of their previous successes on tour, the team had enough points to qualify for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials. 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 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix 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

moved to Ontario and

Félix Asselin Félix Asselin (born November 17, 1994) is a Canadian curler from Montreal. He currently throws fourth stones on his team which is skipped by Jean-Michel Ménard. Career Asselin skipped Quebec at four Canadian Junior Curling Championships du ...

took over as skip of the team with

Émile Asselin Émile Asselin (born November 15, 1996) is a Canadians, Canadian curling, curler from Montreal, Quebec. He currently plays Second (curling), second on Team Michael Fournier, Mike Fournier. Career Playing lead for his brother Félix Asselin, Émi ...

coming in to play second.

Personal life

Crête lives in

Lévis Lévis () is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. A ferry links Old Quebec with Old Lévis, and two bridges, the Quebec Bridge and the Pierre-Laporte Bridge, connect we ...

, Quebec. He works as a Business Intelligence architect for

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. He is married to fellow curler Véronique Brassard and has three children.

References

External links

Team Ménard website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crete, Martin 1985 births Living people Curlers from Quebec Sportspeople from Quebec City Sportspeople from Lévis, Quebec Canadian male curlers 21st-century Canadian sportsmen