Pierre G. "The Duffer" Charette (born June 23, 1955) is a

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curler from

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. He currently coaches the

Silvana Tirinzoni Silvana Petra Tirinzoni (born 25 June 1979) is a Swiss curler from Zurich. She is currently the reigning women's world champion skip having won the last three championships, in 2019, 2021 and . Tirinzoni also represented Switzerland at the 2022 ...

rink

Career

Born in

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, Charette has played in thirteen

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s, and was the first curler to have played every position (including alternate) at a Brier. He skipped teams in 1989, 1993 and 2007; played third for

Guy Hemmings Guy Hemmings (born May 10, 1962) is a Canadian curler from Sorel. Hemmings gained prominence after reaching the final of the Brier in 1998 and 1999. He is considered an ambassador for the game, not only in his home province of Quebec but across ...

in 1998 and 1999, played second for

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in 1997, played lead for Westphal in 1996 and was the alternate for

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in 1991,

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in 1992 and

Jean-Michel Ménard Jean-Michel Ménard (born January 19, 1976) is a curler from Aylmer, Quebec, Canada. Ménard is notable for being the first Francophone born skip from Quebec to win the Brier - Canada's national curling championship- which he did in 2006. In 202 ...

in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017. Charette's best performance at the Brier was the two years he played for Hemmings, where they lost in the Brier final on both occasions. Charette had to qualify for the

2007 Tim Hortons Brier The 2007 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's men's curling championship, was held from March 3 to 11 at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. After losing in the final the previous season, Team Ontario skipped by Glenn Howard defeated 2006 Olympic gold med ...

by defeating defending Brier champion

in the Quebec final 12-8. Currently Charette is a golf professional at the Club de golf Royal Papineau. In 2001, Charette played third for

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in the ''Ontario'' provincial championships, but they finished 3-6. After the

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ended,

Serge Reid Serge Reid (born c. 1963) is a Canadian curler from Jonquière, Quebec. Reid is the defending provincial champion skip for Quebec. He and his team of François Gionest, Simon Collin and Steeve Villeneuve won their first provincial champion ...

's team announced in a tweet that Charette would be joining their rink as skip and would throw lead stones. He played with them for one season before forming a new team with Richard Faguy,

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and Maurice Cayouette.

Personal life

Charette is employed as the president of GolfXtra. He has two children.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Charette, Pierre 1955 births Curlers from Quebec Living people Sportspeople from Gatineau Canadian male curlers Canadian curling coaches Curlers from Ottawa