Marcel Rocque (born June 22, 1971 in

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) is a

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curler from

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. He is a four-time winner of

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, the annual Canadian men's curling championship and a three-time

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as the lead for the

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team. Rocque would play in two Alberta provincial championships as a lead for Don Walchuk before joining the Ferbey team by 1999. In 2019, Rocque finished second in a

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poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers to name the greatest Canadian male

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in curling history.

Coaching

Marcel Rocque began coaching the Chinese women's team in 2013 and was the coach for the China's Men Curling team for the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (russian: Сочи 2014), was an international ...

held in

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. He helped the team reach the fourth position in final rankings. He was also the coach for China Mixed Doubles at the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

. Starting in the 2018-19 curling season, he became the coach for Team Homan.

Personal life

Rocque is a third cousin to curler Kelsey Rocque. His wife Raylene is also a curler, and until the end of the 2009/2010 Season played with

Cathy King Cathy King (born September 3, 1959), formerly Cathy Borst (Cathy's married name was Borst - when she divorced she went back to her maiden name of King) is a Canadian curler from St. Albert, Alberta. She is a former Canadian champion skip and wo ...

's team. Cathy and Raylene have now retired from the game. He has two daughters and is employed as a culinary teacher.2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Mead Guide: Team Ontario

References

External links

* 1971 births Living people Brier champions Canadian educators People from the County of St. Paul No. 19 Curlers from Edmonton World curling champions Canadian male curlers Continental Cup of Curling participants Canadian curling coaches Canada Cup (curling) participants {{Canada-curling-bio-stub