Marcel Rocque (born June 22, 1971, in St. Paul, Alberta) is a

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. He is a four-time winner of The Brier, the annual Canadian men's curling championship and a three-time World Champion as the lead for the Randy Ferbey team. Rocque would play in two Alberta provincial championships as a lead for

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before joining the Ferbey team by 1999. In 2019, Rocque finished second in a TSN poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers to name the greatest Canadian male

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in curling history. In 2023 Rocque and his Team Ferbey rinkmates ( Randy Ferbey, David Nedohin, and Scott Pfeifer) were inducted into

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Coaching

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

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

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. Starting in the 2018-19 curling season, he became the coach for Team Homan. He currently coaches the Clancy Grandy rink.

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's team. Cathy and Raylene have now retired from the game. He has two daughters and is employed as a baking and culinary teacher.

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* 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