Jennifer Sadleir (born Jennifer Vejprava on January 10, 1981 in
Calgary
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,
Alberta
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) is a
Canadian
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curler. She previously played lead for
Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard (born June 30, 1966) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She represented Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics as the team's skip, winning the silver medal in women's curling after falling to Sweden in the final. Her fi ...
out of the
Calgary Curling Club
The Calgary Curling Club is a curling club located in Calgary, Alberta.
History
The Calgary Curling Club was founded in 1888 and opened its first rink in 1892. It then moved venues to Victoria Park in 1909, and moved from there to its current l ...
in
Calgary
Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in C ...
.
Curling career
1997–2010
Sadleir is a three time Alberta Junior Champion winning in
1998
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, 2000 and 2002. At the
2000 Canadian Juniors, playing as a second, her team finished the Canadian Junior Championship with a bronze medal. At the
2002 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, she would skip Alberta to a 7-5 round robin record, missing the playoffs. Sadleir would also participate in two Alberta Provincial Women’s Championships the first in 2003 and again in 2004. She has also played in two Alberta Mixed Championships in 2002 and 2004.
2011–current
At the end of the 2010/2011 curling season Sadleir would join Calgary skip
Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard (born June 30, 1966) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She represented Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics as the team's skip, winning the silver medal in women's curling after falling to Sweden in the final. Her fi ...
as lead.
Sadleir was only with the Bernard team for one season
Personal life
Sadleir is married and has a son and daughter.
References
1981 births
Canadian women curlers
Living people
Curlers from Calgary
21st-century Canadian sportswomen
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