Jennifer Jones (curler)
Jennifer Jones 
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| birthday | 7th July 1974 (age 46) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Winnipeg | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| society | St. Vital CC | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Skip | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing hand | right | |||||||||||||||||||||
| status | active | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Jennifer Jones (born July 7, 1974 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a Canadian curler . She plays in the position of skip and is Olympic champion (2014), two-time world champion (2008 and 2018) and multiple Canadian champion.
Career
At the 2007 Curling Continental Cup she was named the best player.
Jones took part in the World Curling Championships in 2005 and 2009 and finished fourth.
At the 2008 World Championships in Vernon , Jones won the gold medal with her team. The team finished second in the Round Robin. The page playoff game was lost to China with Skip Wang Bingyu 5-7, while the semi-final was won 9-8 against Japan. In the final against China, the team won 7-4.
Jones won the bronze medal at the World Championship on March 28, 2010 with the Canadian team . In Swift Current , Canada , the team defeated Team Sweden around Skip Cecilia Östlund with 9: 6 stones in the game for 3rd place .
On February 20, 2014, she and her team won the gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Canada beat Sweden 6-3.
At the 2015 World Cup in Sapporo , she and her team made it to the final, but lost there 3: 5 against the Swiss team around Skip Alina Pätz .
At the 2018 World Cup in North Bay , Canada , she became world champion for the second time. With her team she remained unbeaten in the Round Robin, defeated the American team around Jamie Sinclair in the semifinals and in the final beat Sweden with Skip Anna Hasselborg 7: 6 in the additional end.
Jones has competed in the Canadian Tournament of Hearts women's championships for the province of Manitoba on several occasions . In 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015 and 2018 she won the gold medal, in 2006, 2011 and 2013 the silver medal and in 2007, 2012 and 2016 the bronze medal.
Current team members
- Kaitlyn Lawes (Third)
- Jill Officer (Second)
- Dawn McEwen (Lead)
- Shannon Birchard (Alternate)
successes
- 1st place World Championship 2008
- 1st place World Championship 2018
- 1st place Scott Tournament of Hearts 2005
- 1st place Scotties Tournament of Hearts 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2018
- 1st place Olympic Winter Games 2014
- 2nd place World Championship 2015
- 3rd place World Championship 2010
Web links
- Curling Team Jones
- Jennifer Jones (curler) on Worldcurling.org (English)
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| SURNAME | Jones, Jennifer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian curler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7th 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Winnipeg |