Shannon Joanisse, also known as Shannon Aleksic (born September 28, 1976) is a

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curler from

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. She currently plays

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for the

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rink.

Curling career

Juniors

Joanisse participated in the Saskatchewan junior provincials as a skip from 1994 until 1998, and then lost her age eligibility, never making it to a

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during her eligibility years.

1999–2006

In 1999, Joanisse participated in the Saskatchewan Scott Tournament of Hearts, playing lead for Cindy Street. The team finished second place in round robin, with a 5–2 record. They defeated

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in the semi-final, before going onto defeat

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and claiming the Saskatchewan title. At the

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, the team finished round robin with a 7–4 record and a third-place finish. They competed against the defending champion's Team Canada and

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in the 3–4 game, where they lost the game by a score of 4 to 12. From 2001 to 2003, Joanisse participated in the Saskatchewan Scott Tournament of Hearts failing to return to the National championship. In 2004, she moved to Ontario, where she participated in the

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in 2004 and 2005, but failed to qualify for the nationals. Joanisse moved to Alberta for the 2005/06 curling season, where she participated in the 2006 Alberta Scott Tournament of Hearts, where she again failed to reach another national championship.

2007–2012

After one year living in Alberta, Joanisse moved to British Columbia, where she joined up with Olympic Bronze medalist

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throwing second stones. The team participated in the 2007 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where the team finished round robin with a 6–1 record. They received a bye to the final, where they defeated Patti Knezevic 10–4 and won the championship. At the

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the team finished with a 5–6 round robin record, failing to reach the playoffs. Joanisse returned to the

2008 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2008 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, British Columbia's women's provincial curling championship, was held January 23-27 at the Trail Curling Club in Trail, British Columbia. The winning team of Allison MacInnes represented Bri ...

, playing third stones for

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. The team finished round robin with a 6–1 record. They received a bye to the final, where they lost 5–6 to Allison MacInnes. Joanisse and the team returned to the

2009 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2009 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, British Columbia's women's provincial curling championship, was held January 20–25 at the Parksville Curling Club in Parksville, British Columbia. The winner represents team British Colum ...

, where they made the playoffs, having finished second with a 5–2 round robin record. They faced

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in the semi-final, losing 5–9. In 2010, Joanisse and Maskiewich joined with

, and participated in the 2010 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The team finished round robin in second place with an 8–1 record. They competed against

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in the 1–2 playoff game, where they defeating Scott 9–3 and receiving a bye to the final. They competed against Scott again in the final, but lost the game 4–8. Joanisse was chosen by Scott to be the team's fifth player. At the

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the team finished in third place, with a 7–4 record, before going on to lose the 3–4 game to Ontario's

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. The following year, the team returned to the

2011 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2011 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, British Columbia's women's provincial curling championship, was held January 17–23 at the Cloverdale Curling Club in Surrey, British Columbia. The winning team of Kelly Scott represented t ...

, where they again finished round robin with an 8–1 record. For a second year in a row the team competed against Scott in the 1–2 game, and like the previous year, defeated the team 9–2, before again losing to them in the final 3–5. Joanisse became the fifth player for Scott at the

2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 19 to February 27 at the Charlottetown Civic Centre in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. It was the 30th anniversary of Kruger Pr ...

, where the team finished round robin with a 7–4 record, taking them into a tiebreaker game. They faced Nova Scotia's

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, but lost the tiebreaker and a shot at the playoffs. The team returned to the

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, finishing in a four team tie, for fourth place, with a 5–4 record. The team won two tiebreakers and moved onto the playoffs. They defeated Roz Craig in the 3–4 game and for a third consecutive year, faced Kelly Scott in the playoffs. In the semi-final against Scott, the team lost the game 7–9 and ended their chances of reaching the national championships.

2012 to 2014

Following the 2011–12 curling season, Aleksic returned to Alberta, where she joined up with Olympic Silver Medalist, Cheryl Bernard. Joanisse replaced

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to play lead.

2014 to present

In 2014, she moved to New Westminster, British Columbia to play for

Personal life

Shannon Joanisse (

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Wilson) was born in

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. , she resides in

. She is married to

Dean Joanisse Dean A. "Skippy" Joanisse (born December 8, 1971) is a Canadian curler from Maple Ridge, British Columbia. Career Joanisse is most notable for skipping his British Columbia team to the 1989 Canadian Junior Curling Championships title, qualifyin ...

and has two children. She works as the High Performance and Competitions Manager for Curl BC.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Joanisse, Shannon 1976 births Curlers from Calgary Curlers from Saskatchewan Curlers from British Columbia Canadian women curlers Living people Sportspeople from New Westminster Sportspeople from Abbotsford, British Columbia 20th-century Canadian women 21st-century Canadian women