Jake Walker (born March 14, 1989) is a

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curler originally from Minden, Ontario. He is a former Canadian Junior champion, and world junior bronze medallist. As a Bantam-aged curler, Walker won the Ontario Bantam championship in 2005, playing third for Ben Willemse. In 2010, Walker and his rink of Craig Van Ymeren, Geoff Chambers and Matthew Mapletoft won the Pepsi Ontario Junior Curling Championships. The team would represent the province at the 2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships in

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. Walker would lead the rink to a 9-3 round robin record, followed by winning the semi-final against Saskatchewan's Braeden Moskowy and the final against Manitoba's Alex Forrest. This earned the four-some a berth at the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships in

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, representing Canada. The team sneaked into the playoffs after a 6-3 round robin record left them in a tie with Norway's Steffen Mellemseter. They beat Norway, but lost to Switzerland's Peter de Cruz in the 3 vs. 4 game. This put the team into the bronze medal game, which they won, against China's

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. After his junior career, Walker focused on University Curling and his

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team. Walker skipped Waterloo to 2nd place at the 2012 CIS/CCA Curling Championships, losing to the

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's Brendan Bottcher in the final. Walker would avenge this loss at the 2013 CIS/CCA Curling Championships, where he beat Bottcher to win the championship. In 2013, Walker began curling on the

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, assembling a team with himself at skip, Dayna Deruelle at third, Andrew McGaugh at second and Mike McGaugh at lead. Walker made the provincial championships in their first season together, Walker's

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appearance.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Jake Living people Curlers from Ontario 1989 births People from Haliburton County University of Waterloo alumni Canadian male curlers 21st-century Canadian sportsmen