Emily Deschenes (born December 25, 2002) is a Canadian curler from

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Career

Deschenes skipped her rink to silver at the 2019 Canadian U18 Curling Championships in Sherwood Park, Alberta. Deschenes was selected to represent Canada in the

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. The rink, skipped by

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, went undefeated in the round robin, before falling to Japan in the quarter finals. Following the mixed competition, Deschenes competed in Mixed Doubles with Oriol Gasto (Spain). Deschenes capped the 2020 season with a victory at the 2020 Ontario Winter Games. Deschenes entered the 2020–21 season with a new rink. In just their second event together at the

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, they defeated the

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rink 6–4 in a round robin game and finished third for the event. With a new look team heading into the 2021–22 season, Deschenes and her rink captured silver at the 2022 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, losing to Taylour Stevens of Nova Scotia. With Stevens aging out of junior curling, Deschenes joined the Halifax rink of Lauren Ferguson, Alison Umlah, and Cate Fitzgerald as the skip of Team Canada at the

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attempting to qualify Canada for the

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. The Nova Scotia rink finished third in their first event together at the U25 NextGen Classic. Deschenes and her Nova Scotia rink entered the

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as the 15th seed where she took

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to the 10th end, falling 10–8 in the Sweep 16. Deschenes' Nova Scotia rink went undefeated at

in Lohja, Finland, beating Scotland 5–4 to take home gold. The first-place finish qualified Canada for the

in Fussen, Germany, where they finished 8th with a 2–7 round robin record.

Personal life

As of 2022, Deschenes was studying Business Administration at

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Teams

References

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