Bradley Robert Jacobs (born June 11, 1985) is a Canadian curler from

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. He currently skips his own team out of

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. He is an Olympic champion skip, having led

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to a gold medal at the

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. Jacobs is also the

2013 Tim Hortons Brier The 2013 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 2 to 10 at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta. This edition of the Brier marked the thirteenth time that Alberta has hosted the Brier, and the sixth t ...

and the

2025 Montana's Brier The 2025 Montana's Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from February 28 to March 9 at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia. The winning Brad Jacobs rink will represent Canada at the 2025 World Men's Curling Champ ...

championship skip and the 2013 World Championship runner-up. He is a 12-time

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provincial champion, and one-time provincial junior champion. Jacobs and his Olympic gold medallist team were well known for their physical fitness. They have been described as "fitness freaks" and are "embracing curling's athletic evolution as much or more than any other team". Jacobs was born in Sault Ste. Marie, the son of Bob and Cynthia Jacobs ( Harnden).

Career

Junior career

Jacobs began curling at age ten with a coach named Tom Coulterman in 1995. Coulterman saw potential in them and formed a team, Jacobs played third for Ryan Harnden and was also joined by Matt Premo and Scott Seabrook. As Jacobs entered high school, he entered competitive curling and took it seriously. He played second for Harnden in tournaments age 16 and under and played second for E. J. Harnden on the highschool team. In the fall, they formed a team together with E.J. as skip, Ryan as second, and Jacobs threw lead stones. They came third in the tournament. By Fall 2001, they added Caleb Flaxey at third. They were starting to feel comfortable enough as a team that they entered the Regal Capital Curling Classic men's bonspiel at their home club. The bonspiel included most of the best teams from the region, including one skipped by Al Harnden and featuring Eric Harnden. 1998 men's Olympic curling champion Patrick Hurlimann also was in the bonspiel. In the first draw, they were matched against Hurlimann. They won the game 5-3. "Once we got the lead, they were kind of shocked," Flaxey told the ''Sault Star''. Hurlimann was sure that "they will have a bright future". He had a successful junior career, winning the

Junior Men's Championship in 2005 with teammates

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, Scott Seabrook and Steve Molodowich. This gave his team a berth at the 2005 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, representing the region. At the Canadian Juniors, he led the team to an 8–4 record, good enough for fourth place, but outside the playoffs.

Men's career

Jacobs was then picked up to play for his uncle, Al Harnden, with Jacobs throwing last rocks on the team. The team finished 5–6 at 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, Hamilton, Ontario. After losing in the final the previous season, Team Ontario skipped by Glenn Howard defeated 20 ...

. Jacobs participated in the

2008 Tim Hortons Brier The 2008 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's men's curling championship, was held from March 8 to 16 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Skipped by Kevin Martin, Alberta defeated the defending champion, and reigning World Champion Glenn Howard and ...

as an alternate for another uncle, Eric Harnden. In 2008, Jacobs formed his own team with his cousins (Eric's sons) E. J. Harnden and Ryan Harnden as well as Caleb Flaxey. The team won the Northern Ontario provincial title in 2010, qualifying for the

2010 Tim Hortons Brier The 2010 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held between March 6 until March 14, 2010 in Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax, Nova Scotia at the Halifax Metro Centre. It marked the sixth time the Brier ha ...

where they made the playoffs, the first team from Northern Ontario to do that since the

1993 Labatt Brier The 1993 Labatt Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 6 to 14 at the Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. The finals featured the all star Team Ontario, consisting of skip Russ Howard, his brother Glenn at ...

. Jacobs' team represented Northern Ontario again at the

2011 Tim Hortons Brier The 2011 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held March 5 until March 13, 2011 at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, London, Ontario. This event marked the 30th time that the province of Ontario has h ...

, where they finished with a 7–4 record, out of the playoffs. The team went to the Brier again in 2012, where they finished 5–6. The following year at the

, they became the first team from Northern Ontario to win the Brier since 1985. The win gave them the right to represent Canada at the

2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship The 2013 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2013 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 30 to April 7, 2013 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Thi ...

. At the Worlds, Jacobs skipped the Canadian team to a silver medal, losing to Sweden's

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in the final. However, his team was able to win their first international championship at the

, winning 9–3 in the men's final over Great Britain. Following their Olympic success, the Jacobs rink once again made it to the Brier in 2015. After posting a 10-1 round robin record in first place, they won the 1 vs. 2 game sending them to the finals against the defending Brier champions, Team Canada (skipped by Pat Simmons), which they lost. Later in the season the Jacobs rink won their first career Grand Slam event, winning the 2015 Players' Championship. At the

2016 Tim Hortons Brier The 2016 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 5–13, 2016 at TD Place Arena in Ottawa, Ontario. It is the fourth time the Brier has been held in Ottawa, and the fifth time the Brier has been held i ...

, the Jacobs rink once again tore through the round robin, going undefeated to finish in first place. However, they ran into trouble in the playoffs, losing to Newfoundland and Labrador in the 1 vs. 2 game and to Alberta in the semifinals. They did rebound in the bronze medal game, defeating Manitoba to finish third overall. The 2016-17 season would be the best to date for the Jacobs rink on the

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, winning two slams, the 2016 Boost National and the 2017 Humpty's Champions Cup. At the

2017 Tim Hortons Brier The 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 4–12, 2017 at the Mile One Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. This marked the second time the Bri ...

, the team would once again make the playoffs, after posting an 8-3 round robin record. However, they lost both of their playoff games, settling for fourth place. Jacobs played in the

2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials The 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials (branded as the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings for sponsorship reasons) were held from December 2 to 10 at the Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata, Ontario, Kanata, Ottawa, Ontario. The winners of the men's a ...

attempting to head to the Olympics again, but his team would finish with a disappointing 3-5 record, missing the playoffs. The team again represented Northern Ontario at the

2018 Tim Hortons Brier The 2018 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 3 to 11, 2018 at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. The winning team represented Canada at the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship from March ...

, making it to the playoffs with an 8-3 record, but lost to Alberta's

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rink in the 3 vs. 4 game. The next season, the Jacobs rink won the

2018 Tour Challenge The 2018 Tour Challenge was held from November 6 to 11 at the Tournament Centre in Thunder Bay, Ontario. This was the third Grand Slam of the 2018–19 curling season. In the men's Tier 1 competition, Brad Jacobs defeated Brendan Bottcher in ...

Grand Slam event. A month later, the team won the 2018 Canada Cup, their first Canada Cup title, defeating

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's rink in the final. The team had

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playing third, filling in for Ryan Fry, who is on sabbatical following unsportsmanlike behaviour and excessive drinking at the 2018 Red Deer Curling Classic. The team once again represented Northern Ontario at the

2019 Tim Hortons Brier The 2019 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 2 to 10 at Westoba Place in Brandon, Manitoba. In the final, Kevin Koe of Alberta defeated Team Wildcard skipped by Brendan Bottcher 4–3 by scoring ...

. The team went 9-2 in the round robin and championship round combined. Jacobs lost the 1vs2 game to

and the semifinal to

resulting in the team getting the bronze medal. The following season, the team officially added Kennedy to the line-up at third with Fry going to play with

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. In their first event, the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic, the team went undefeated up until the final where they would lose to former teammate Fry and Team Epping. Team Jacobs won three straight Grand Slam events, at the

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and the Canadian Open. They would win the 2020 Northern Ontario Men's Provincial Curling Championship for the sixth year in a row. At the

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, they battled through two tiebreakers before losing to

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in the 3 vs. 4 game, all within the same day. It would be the team's last event of the season as both the

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and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the

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. Team Jacobs played in two tour events during the 2020–21 season, winning the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard and losing in the qualification game of the Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic. Due to the

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, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. As the reigning provincial champions, Team Jacobs was chosen to represent Northern Ontario at the

2021 Tim Hortons Brier The 2021 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 5 to 14 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. In the final, Team Alberta, skip (curling), skipped by Brendan Bottch ...

. At the Brier, Jacobs led his team to a 7–5 sixth place finish. They wrapped up the season by making it to the quarterfinals of the 2021 Champions Cup and the semifinals of the

2022 Players' Championship The 2022 Players' Championship, Princess Auto Players' Championship was held April 12–17 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It was the fourth Grand Slam of Curling, Grand Slam and final major of the 2021–22 curling season, f ...

. Team Jacobs began the

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by winning the 2021 Oakville Labour Day Classic. The next month, they lost in the final of the 2021 Masters, but did not make the playoffs at the

2021 National The 2021 BOOST National was held November 2 to 7 at the Chestermere Recreation Centre in Chestermere, Alberta. It was the second Grand Slam and second major of the 2021–22 curling season. Qualification The top 16 ranked men's and women's te ...

. The team played in the

2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials The 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials (branded as the 2021 Tim Hortons Curling Trials for sponsorship reasons) were held from November 20 to 28 at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The winners of the men's and women's events repres ...

, where Jacobs led the team to a 7–1 round robin record, tied for first. They then knocked off

in the semifinal before losing to

in the final. The team rolled through 2022 Northern Ontario Men's Provincial Curling Championship, losing just one game en route to the championship. The team was missing Kennedy who was playing as the alternate for Team Canada at the 2022 Olympics. He was replaced by Jordan Chandler. The team then represented Northern Ontario at the

2022 Tim Hortons Brier The 2022 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 4 to 13 at the ENMAX Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta. In the final, the defending Olympic bronze medallist Brad Gushue Wild Card #1 team, which also inclu ...

, where Jacobs led the rink to a 6–2 round robin record. This put them into the Championship round, where they were eliminated by Saskatchewan's

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rink. The team then finished the season by making it to the quarterfinals of the

and the semis of the 2022 Champions Cup. In March 2022, Jacobs announced he would be stepping back from competitive curling. He made his return in 2023, playing third for

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' rink in the Canadian Open. Jacobs will play for the team for the remainder of the season's Slams. He competed in the 2023 Northern Ontario Men's Provincial Curling Championship, skipping a rink of Jordan Chandler, Kyle Chandler, and Jamie Broad; they failed to reach the playoffs. Starting in the 2023-24 curling season, Jacobs joined the former

team full-time as their skip. The team won their first Manitoba Provincial Championship, where Jacobs represented Manitoba for the first time at the

2024 Montana's Brier The 2024 Montana's Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 1 to 10 at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan. Team Canada, who was skipped by Brad Gushue won their third straight Brier Tan ...

. after one season together, Jacobs announced he would be leaving the Carruthers team to skip a new team from Alberta with

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, and

Ben Hebert Benjamin "Ben" Hebert (born March 16, 1983) is a Canadian curler, a Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medallist, 2008 and 2016 World Champion, and Five time Brier Champion from Chestermere, Alberta. He currently plays lead on Team Brad Jaco ...

In their first season together, the newly formed Jacobs team enjoyed plenty of success, finishing second at the

2024 National The 2024 KIOTI National was held from November 26 to December 1 at the Mary Brown's Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. It was the third Grand Slam event and second major of the 2024–25 curling season. Scotland's Bruce Mouat rin ...

and the 2025 Masters grand slam events. Like the previous season, the Jacobs team pre-qualified for the 2025 Brier based on their CTRS ranking, which meant they bypassed the provincial qualifiers. At the

, the Jacobs rink would go on to win the national championship, beating Dunstone in the final and qualifying to represent Canada at the

2025 World Men's Curling Championship The 2025 World Curling Championships, World Men's Curling Championship (66th) (branded as the 2025 Balkrishna Industries, BKT Tires World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 29 to April 6 at Temple Gardens Cent ...

. At the 2025 World's, the Jacobs rink would go 11–1 in round robin play, but would lose to Scotland's

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in the semi-final. The team would rebound to win the bronze medal, beating China's

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11–2 in the bronze medal game.

Eight-ender

During the semifinal of The Dominion 2012 Northern Ontario Men's Curling Championship, Jacobs and team scored a rare eight-ender, in the sixth end to win the game 14–3.

Personal life

Jacobs was born on June 11, 1985, in Sault Ste. Marie. Jacobs holds a bachelor's degree in

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from

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. He currently works as a senior marketing director for

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. He is married to Shawna Jacobs and has two children.2017 Brier Media Guide: Team Northern Ontario

Grand Slam record

Teams

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References

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