Rene Comeau (born December 14, 1994) is a

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curler from

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. He currently skips his own team on the World Curling Tour.

Career

Comeau won the 2014 New Brunswick Junior Curling Championship. He skipped the team of

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, Jordon Craft and Ryan Freeze at the

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. They finished the round robin with a 5–1 record and the championship pool with a 7–3 record, qualifying them for the semifinal. They breezed past

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to face

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in the gold medal game. The teams were even in percentages however Manitoba had a key steal of four which was ultimately the difference in the game. New Brunswick earned the silver medal. Comeau would win the provincial championship again in 2015 this time with a new team of Andrew Burgess, Alex MacNeil and Ryan Freeze. The team had an identical start as Comeau did in 2014, going 5–1 in the round robin but improving in the championship pool, finishing 8–2. The team would unfortunately not reach the final this year, losing to

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8–6 in the semifinal. The following season, Team Comeau played in the

2015 GSOC Tour Challenge The 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge was held from September 8 to 13 at the Paradise Double Ice Complex in Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador. It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2015–16 curling season for both the men's and women's World Curl ...

Tier 2 event, where they finished 1–3.

Personal life

Comeau works as a Marketing Communications Specialist at NB Dental Society. He graduated from St. Thomas University. He attended high school at Leo Hayes in Fredericton, NB graduating in 2012

Teams

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Comeau, Rene Curlers from New Brunswick Living people 1994 births Canadian male curlers Sportspeople from Fredericton St. Thomas University (New Brunswick) alumni