Breanne Knapp (born April 16, 1990 in
Winnipeg
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,
Manitoba
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as Breanne Meakin) is a
Canadian
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curler from
Regina, Saskatchewan
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. She is a four-time Manitoba Junior Champion and a one-time Canadian junior champion (2009). She has won a silver medal at the
World Junior Curling Championships
The World Junior Curling Championships are an annual curling bonspiel featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competitions for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 19 ...
.
Career
Juniors
Knapp had a successful Junior career. At the
Canadian Junior Curling Championships
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she won silver in 2007 and gold in 2009. While playing lead for the
Kaitlyn Lawes
Lesley Kaitlyn Lawes (born December 16, 1988) is a Canadian curler. Lawes was the long time third for the Jennifer Jones team that represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics where they won the gold medal. They were the first women's team to ...
team at the
2009 World Junior Curling Championships
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Knapp won a silver medal.
2010–2013
In 2010, Knapp would get a call from
Cathy Overton-Clapham
Cathy Overton-Clapham (born Cathy Overton, July 19, 1969) nicknamed "Cathy O" is a Canadian curling, curler. Overton-Clapham is one of Manitoba's most decorated female curlers, with one world championship, five national championships, and thirte ...
, who was unexpectedly dropped from
Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones (born Phylis Lee Isley; March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental-health advocate. Over the course of her career that spanned more than five decades, she was nomin ...
's successful team, to play third stones on a new team, which included
Raunora Westcott
Raunora Westcott (born May 1, 1976) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Career Juniors
Westcott played lead for Team Manitoba (skipped by Kristy Jenion) at the 1996 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. The team finished with a 5-7 ...
and
Leslie Wilson, who were also let go from
Jill Thurston
Jill Thurston (born December 2, 1971) is a Canadians, Canadian curling, curler. She skipped her own team out of the Granite Curling Club (Winnipeg), Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Career
Juniors
Thurston would represent Manitoba a ...
's Manitoba team. Together the team would win their zone playdowns in attempt to get to the
2011 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, however Knapp would not be able to participate in the provincial playdowns because she would be attending her final year at the
Canadian Junior Championships.
Karen Fallis would take the place of Knapp at third, ultimately winning the provincial championship. Since Fallis was part of the winning team, a decision was made that Knapp would sit as the 5th player during 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 ...
. Knapp would get a chance to play third during draw 9, when the team was in a critical situation, a 1–4 record, Fallis would play lead and Westcott would sit out. However, the change could not tip the scales in favour of Manitoba and they would continue with their losing streak to Nova Scotia. The team would finish the round robin with a 4–7 record.
At the end of the
2010-11 curling season
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,
Cathy Overton-Clapham
Cathy Overton-Clapham (born Cathy Overton, July 19, 1969) nicknamed "Cathy O" is a Canadian curling, curler. Overton-Clapham is one of Manitoba's most decorated female curlers, with one world championship, five national championships, and thirte ...
announced that Leslie Wilson and Raunora Westcott would leave her team. For the
2011-12 curling season, they would be replaced with Meakin's former junior teammate
Jenna Loder
Jenna Loder (born July 11, 1988) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is currently the alternate on Team Beth Peterson. She is a two-time Canadian junior champion and two-time world junior medallist (2008, 2009), playing third for ...
and New Brunswick junior champ
Ashley Howard. The new team went on to win the
2011 Autumn Gold Grand Slam title, Knapp's first, in the fall of that year. The team would also do well at the next Slam, losing in the semi-finals of the
2011 Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic
The 2011 Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic was held October 21 to 24 at the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was the second women's Grand Slam event of the 2011–12 curling season and the eighth time the tournament ha ...
. That year, Knapp would play in her first
provincial championships at the
2012 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2012 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Manitoba's women's provincial curling championship, was held from January 25 to 29 at the Portage Credit Union Centre in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The winning team of Jennifer Jones (curler), Je ...
. The Overton-Clapham rink had a disappointing event, finishing with a 5-2 round robin record, and losing in a tiebreaker. The team ended the season on a high note however, losing in the finals of the final Grand Slam of the year, the
2012 Players' Championship to
Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton ( Miller; born June 20, 1980) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Career
After an appearance at the 1997 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, she would go on to win the 2000 Canadian Junior Curling Championsh ...
.
The
2012-13 curling season would be less successful for the Overton-Clapham rink. They played in four Grand Slams in the year, but failed to qualify for the playoffs in any of them. At the
2012 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic
The 2012 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic was held from October 5 to 8 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. It was the first women's Grand Slam (curling), Grand Slam event of the 20 ...
they went 2-3, at the
2012 Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic they went 2-3, at the
2012 Colonial Square Ladies Classic they went 2-3 and at the
2012 Masters they went 1-4. At the
2013 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts they finished the event with a 4-3 record, again missing the playoffs. Following the season, Knapp left the team to form her own rink with
Katherine Doerksen,
Briane Meilleur and
Krysten Karwacki
Krysten Karwacki (born April 30, 1991) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is the former lead for the Cathy Overton-Clapham team and is currently the lead on Team Kerri Einarson.
Career
*Semifinalist at the 2011 Canadian Junior C ...
.
2013–14
Knapp began skipping her own team for the first time in her career for the
2013-14 curling season, with teammates
Katherine Doerksen,
Briane Meilleur, and
Krysten Karwacki
Krysten Karwacki (born April 30, 1991) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is the former lead for the Cathy Overton-Clapham team and is currently the lead on Team Kerri Einarson.
Career
*Semifinalist at the 2011 Canadian Junior C ...
. Her rink would play in their first Slam together at the
2013 Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Women's Classic
The 2013 Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Women's Classic was held from October 25 to 28 at the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba as part of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour. The event was the second women's Grand Slam of the season. Th ...
. The team went 1-3 at the event, but it included a victory over former world champion
Mirjam Ott
Mirjam Ott (born 27 January 1972 in Bern, Switzerland) is a retired Swiss curler who lives in Laax, Switzerland. She is the 2012 World Curling Champion skip. She is the skip (captain) of the Swiss Olympic Curling Team. She has participated in s ...
. The team played in one other Slam that season, the
2013 Colonial Square Ladies Classic
The 2013 Colonial Square Ladies Classic was held from November 15 to 18 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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. In that event, the team was much more successful, going 5-2 in qualifying, including a win over
Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Danielle Carey (born September 12, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She currently skips her own team out of Manitoba. She is the and Canadian and Alberta women's champion skip and 2014 Manitoba p ...
. However, the team lost in the quarter-final of the event, against
Allison Flaxey
Allison "Alli" Flaxey ( Nimik; born February 13, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Caledon, Ontario. She currently plays third on Team Carly Howard. She is a former Canadian Mixed champion, and World Mixed Doubles bronze medallist.
Career
Flaxey ...
. Later in the season, Knapp was invited to be the alternate for team Manitoba at the
2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from February 1 to 9 at the Maurice Richard Arena in Montreal, Quebec. The defending champion Rachel Homan rink won their second straight title, with Homan becoming the youngest skip to ever win back- ...
.
2014–15
For the 2014-15 season, Knapp was on a new team, skipping a rink consisting of
Lauren Horton,
Lynn Kreviazuk
Lynn Elizabeth Kreviazuk (born May 2, 1991) is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario. She currently plays second on Team Carly Howard.
Career
Kreviazuk was the longtime lead for the Rachel Homan rink. She first joined the team in 2005 as its ...
and
Jessica Armstrong and was based in
Ottawa
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. The team represented Canada at the
2015 Winter Universiade
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On 14 March 2009, FISU announced that the host would be Granada because t ...
, where they would win a silver medal. The team had gone undefeated at the tournament, but lost in the final to Team Russia, skipped by
Anna Sidorova
Anna Vladimirovna Sidorova (; born 6 February 1991) is a Russians, Russian Curling, curler. She currently Skip (curling), skips her own team. Sidorova was the skip of the Russian team that won bronze medals at the World Curling Championships, Wo ...
.
2016–2019
Knapp moved back to Western Canada, and formed a new team in 2016 with
Stephanie Schmidt,
Brooklyn Lemon and Cori Debert. This lineup lasted just one season, and Knapp joined the
Briane Meilleur rink, playing third one the team for the 2017-18 season. The team played in the
2017 Canadian Olympic Pre-Trials, losing in both the A and B finals, just missing out on qualifying for the main event. The team had less success at the
2018 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, finishing with a 3-4 record. After the season, Knapp joined the
Kristen Streifel rink at third. The team, which was based in Saskatchewan played in the
2019 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2019 Viterra Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Saskatchewan, was held January from 22–27 at the Humboldt Curling Club in Humboldt. The winning Robyn Silvernagle team represented Sask ...
. There, they made the playoffs with a 5-3 record. In the playoffs, they made it as far as the semifinal, where they lost to Team
Sherry Anderson
Sherry Anderson (born January 6, 1964) is a Canadian curler from Delisle, Saskatchewan. She is a record three-time winner of the World Senior Curling Championships for Canada. She currently coaches the Nancy Martin rink.
Career
Anderson has be ...
. In February 2019, Team Streifel announced that Knapp would be leaving the team after the season and taking a break from curling.
2020–2021
Knapp joined the
Sherry Anderson
Sherry Anderson (born January 6, 1964) is a Canadian curler from Delisle, Saskatchewan. She is a record three-time winner of the World Senior Curling Championships for Canada. She currently coaches the Nancy Martin rink.
Career
Anderson has be ...
rink for the
2020–21 season. Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan
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The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fev ...
, the 2021
Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts
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was cancelled. Since the reigning champions, Team Silvernagle, did not retain three out of four team members still playing together, Team Anderson was invited to represent Saskatchewan at the
2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
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, as they had the most points from the 2019–20 and
2020–21
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seasons combined, which they accepted. At the Hearts, they finished with a 6–6 sixth place finish.
Grand Slam record
Personal life
Breanne Knapp is a daughter of
Rob Meakin
Robert Meakin (born December 16, 1964) is a Canadian curler and curling coach.
He is a and a 1995 Labatt Brier champion.
Awards
*Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame:
** inducted in 2002 with the 1995 Kerry Burtnyk team, Canadian and World champions ...
, Canadian curler and coach, and a
1995 Labatt Brier champion. She is married and works as a dietitian with the
Saskatchewan Health Authority
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.
References
External links
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Living people
Curlers from Winnipeg
1990 births
Canadian women curlers
Winter World University Games medalists in curling
Curlers from Regina, Saskatchewan
FISU World University Games silver medalists for Canada
Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade
Canada Cup (curling) participants
21st-century Canadian sportswomen