Jacques Gauthier (born October 17, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba.[2] He last played second on Team Kevin Koe until September 2024.[3]
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| Born | October 17, 1998 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Assiniboine Memorial CC, Winnipeg, MB[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Curling career  | ||||||||||||||||||
| Member Association |  Manitoba (2014–2022)  British Columbia (2022–2023)  Alberta (2023–present) | |||||||||||||||||
| Brier appearances | 3 (2021, 2023, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
| Top CTRS ranking | 5th (2023–24) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editGauthier played most of his junior career as third for J. T. Ryan. With Ryan, he won a silver medal at the 2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships and a bronze medal at the 2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. In 2018, he got to play in his first World Junior Curling Championships as alternate for Tyler Tardi. The team won a gold medal. Ryan aged out of juniors after the 2019 championships and Gauthier formed his own team for the 2019–20 season. His rink of Jordan Peters, Brayden Payette and Zack Bilawka lost the final of the 2020 Manitoba Junior Provincials. They still got to go to the 2020 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, representing the second Manitoba team as Nunavut and Yukon did not send teams. The team finished the round robin and championship pool with a 9–1 record which qualified them for the final. The team curled 92% which led them to a 8–6 victory over Newfoundland and Labrador's Daniel Bruce.[4] At the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships, the team finished the round robin in second with a 7–2 record. In the playoffs, they defeated Germany in the semifinal and Switzerland in the final to claim the gold medal.[5]
Personal life
editGauthier currently lives in Winnipeg and was a finance student at the University of Manitoba.[6] He currently works as a financial analyst with BDO Canada LLP.[7] He is in a relationship with fellow curler Karlee Burgess. His cousin Tyler Tardi is a three-time Canadian Junior Curling Champion.[8] His mother Cathy is a three-time Tournament of Hearts champion and curling broadcaster.[9]
Grand Slam record
edit| Key | |
|---|---|
| C | Champion |
| F | Lost in Final |
| SF | Lost in Semifinal |
| QF | Lost in Quarterfinals |
| R16 | Lost in the round of 16 |
| Q | Did not advance to playoffs |
| T2 | Played in Tier 2 event |
| DNP | Did not participate in event |
| N/A | Not a Grand Slam event that season |
| Event | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour Challenge | DNP | DNP | DNP | N/A | N/A | T2 | Q |
| Canadian Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | N/A | N/A | DNP | Q |
| The National | DNP | DNP | DNP | N/A | DNP | DNP | Q |
| Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | N/A | DNP | DNP | Q |
| Players' | DNP | DNP | N/A | DNP | DNP | DNP | Q |
| Champions Cup | Q[a] | DNP | N/A | DNP | DNP | DNP | N/A |
Teams
edit| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15[10] | Jordan Smith | Jacques Gauthier | Graham McFarlane | Kyle Allenby |
| 2015–16 | J. T. Ryan | Jacques Gauthier | Graham McFarlane | Hugh McFarlane |
| 2016–17 | J. T. Ryan | Jacques Gauthier | Graham McFarlane | Brendan Bilawka |
| 2017–18 | J. T. Ryan | Jacques Gauthier | Colin Kurz | Brendan Bilawka |
| 2018–19 | J. T. Ryan | Jacques Gauthier | Jordan Peters | Cole Chandler |
| 2019–20 | Jacques Gauthier | Jordan Peters | Brayden Payette | Zack Bilawka |
| 2020–21 | Jacques Gauthier | Jordan Peters | Brayden Payette | Cole Chandler |
| 2021–22 | Jacques Gauthier | Jordan Peters | Brayden Payette | Cole Chandler |
| 2022–23[11] | Jacques Gauthier | Sterling Middleton | Jason Ginter | Alex Horvath |
| 2023–24 | Kevin Koe | Tyler Tardi | Jacques Gauthier | Karrick Martin |
| 2024 (Sept.) | Kevin Koe | Tyler Tardi | Jacques Gauthier | Karrick Martin |
Notes
edit- ^ Gauthier spared for Zach Curtis.
References
edit- ^ "Jacques Gauthier Profile". Curl BC. Archived from the original on January 15, 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
- ^ "2020 New Holland U21 Canadian Juniors Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ Michael Burns (September 24, 2024). "Gauthier Gone from Team Koe". The Curling News.
- ^ "2020 New Holland Canadian Juniors - Men's Final". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ Emil Cooper (February 22, 2020). "Canada retain junior men's world title in Krasnoyarsk". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ "2021 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ "2023 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved February 26, 2023.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "MQFT with Jacques Gauthier!". Curling Canada. February 7, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ "Manitoba curler follows in mother's footsteps at junior curling competition". CTV Prince Albert. January 23, 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ "Jacques Gauhtier Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ "Jacques Gauhtier 2023 Team". Twitter. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
