Jacques Gauthier (born October 17, 1998) is a

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curler from

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. He currently plays

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on Team Jordon McDonald.

Career

Juniors

Gauthier 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

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as alternate for his cousin, Tyler Tardi's rink, where 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 Brayden Payette (born April 6, 2000) is a Canadian curler from Brandon, Manitoba. He currently plays second on Team Jacques Gauthier. Career Payette joined the Jacques Gauthier rink at second for the 2019–20 season with Jordan Peters at thi ...

and Zack Bilawka lost the final of the 2020 Manitoba Junior Provincials. They still got to go to the

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, representing the second Manitoba team as

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and

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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

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's Daniel Bruce. At the

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, the team finished the round robin in second with a 7–2 record. In the playoffs, they defeated

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in the semifinal and

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in the final to claim the gold medal.

Mens

Gauthier found success in men's play, skipping a rink out of BC for the 2022–23 curling season. In their first season together, the team won the 2023 BC Men's Curling Championship and represented British Columbia at the

2023 Tim Hortons Brier The 2023 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 3 to 12 at the Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario, London, Ontario. The defending champion Team Canada rink, skipped by Brad Gushue won the event, and ...

. At the Brier, the team finished with a 3–5 record. Gauthier later announced he would be joining the

Kevin Koe Kevin Koe ( ; born January 11, 1975) is a Canadian curling, curler. Koe is a two-time World champion and four-time Canadian champion. He was the skip (curling), skip of the Canadian men's team at the Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics - Men's to ...

rink at second for the

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. Koe qualified for 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 ...

as one of the wild card teams based on their CTRS ranking. However, at their first Brier as a team, they had a poor showing, finishing 2–6 and not qualifying for the playoff round. The team also struggled at the

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circuit, not qualifying for the playoffs at any of the 2023–24 events. At the beginning of the

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, the Koe team announced that they would be parting ways with Gauthier. Gauthier would go on to skip a new team out of Manitoba for the remainder of the season, where they qualified for the 2025 Viterra Championship, the Manitoba Men's Curling Championship. Gauthier would go on to finish tied for fifth at the event, with a 4–3 record.

Personal life

Gauthier currently lives in

and was a finance student at the

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. He currently works as a financial analyst with BDO Canada LLP. He is in a relationship with fellow curler

Karlee Burgess Karlee Burgess (born September 14, 1998) is a Canadians, Canadian curling, curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She currently plays Second (curling), second on Team Kerri Einarson. Career At just 15 years old, Burgess played second for the Mary Fay ...

. His mother Cathy is a three-time Tournament of Hearts champion and curling broadcaster.

Grand Slam record

Teams

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gauthier, Jacques 1998 births Living people Canadian male curlers Curlers from Winnipeg University of Manitoba alumni 21st-century Canadian sportsmen