Joanne Courtney

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Joanne Courtney Miskew Curling
Joanne Courtney.jpg
birthday 7th March 1989 (age 31)
place of birth Edmonton
Career
nation CanadaCanada Canada
Playing position Second
Playing hand right
status active
Medal table
World Cup medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
MD World Championship medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World Curling ChampionshipTemplate: medals_winter sports / maintenance / unrecognized
gold 2017 Beijing
Curling Mixed Doubles World ChampionshipTemplate: medals_winter sports / maintenance / unrecognized
silver 2017 Lethbridge
last change: November 6, 2017

Joanne Courtney (* 7. March 1989 in Edmonton as Joanne Taylor ) is a Canadian curler . She currently plays second in Rachel Homan's team .

Courtney played on Val Sweeting's team from 2011 to 2014 . In 2014 she took part with this team for the province of Alberta in the Canadian women's championship Tournament of Hearts and won the silver medal after losing to Rachel Homan in the final.

After the end of the 2013/2014 season, she moved to Rachel Homan's team to replace Alison Kreviazuk . In 2017 she won the Tournament of Hearts with the team for the province of Ontario and therefore competed for Canada at the 2017 World Cup together with Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew (third) and Lisa Weagle (lead). After a final victory over the Russian team around Anna Sidorowa , she became world champion. As the first team in the history of the Women's World Cup, they won all 13 games.

After a victory at the Canadian Mixed Doubles Championship, Courtney joined Reid Carruthers at the Curling Mixed Doubles World Championship . She reached the final, but lost to the team from Switzerland ( Martin Rios , Jenny Perret ).

In November 2017, she and Team Homan won the Canadian Roar of the Rings by beating Jennifer Jones' team in the final and represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang . After four wins and five defeats, the Canadian team finished sixth and thus missed out on the finals.

Private life

Courtney has a bachelor's degree from the University of Alberta and works as a nurse . She is married to the doctor Mark Courtney.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lineup Change Set for Team Homan
  2. ^ Ontario Claims Scotties Gold, Curling Canada
  3. ↑ Canada win CPT World Women's Curling Championship 2017, World Curling Federation
  4. ↑ COURTNEY AND CARRUTHERS ARE 2017 MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPIONS, Curling Canada
  5. ^ Courtney & Carruthers win silver at mixed doubles curling worlds, Canadian Olympic Team Official Website
  6. ^ Team Homan to curl for Canada in Pyeongchang. In: curling.ca. December 10, 2017, accessed December 11, 2017 .
  7. ^ Husband a major factor in Joanne Courtney's success after switching teams, Edmonton Sun
personal data
SURNAME Courtney, Joanne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taylor, Joanne (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian curler
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton