Trevor Nevin Marcel Bonot (born May 27, 1985) is a

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curler who lives in

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, Ontario. Bonot was born and raised in Stratton, Ontario. Bonot played for Team

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and won a medal at a World Mixed Curling Championships (

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Curling career

Men's

At the

2023 Northern Ontario Men's Provincial Curling Championship The 2023 Northern Ontario Men's Provincial Curling Championship, also known as the Unibet Northern Ontario Tankard, the men's provincial curling championship for Northern Ontario, was held from January 25 to 29 at the Kenora Recreation Centre in ...

, team Bonot finished 3rd in Northern Ontario, beating Olympic Gold Medallist Brad Jacobs in the A-Final. Bonot also competes in the TBaytel Major League of Curling, capturing the title in 2018. 2023-2024, Team Bonot has qualified in two events, the St Paul Cashspiel and Challenge de Curling Desjardins.

Mixed

Bonot has won 5 Northern Ontario Mixed Championships, all with his sister Jackie McCormick at third. Bonot won a Gold medal at the

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defeating team Manitoba in the final. Almost a year later, Team Bonot represented Canada and came home with a silver medal at the 2017 World Mixed Curling Championships in Champéry, Switzerland. Bonot won the 2019 Northern Ontario Mixed Championships but failed to make the championship pool at the 2019 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. In 2021, Bonot won the Northern Ontario Mixed Championship. Team Bonot went to the National Championship in

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and finished out of the playoffs of the 2021 Canadian Mixed Curling Championships. In 2022, Bonot won a fourth Provincial Mixed Championship in

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; Team Bonot went to

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for the national event. Bonot made the final of the

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but left Prince Albert, with a silver medal. In April 2023, Team Bonot won their third provincial mixed title in a row defeating Dylan Johnston in the Northern Ontario final. Bonot finished out of the Playoffs at the

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with a 4-5 record. Bonot has been presented with the Sportsmanship Award at the Canadian Mixed. (2017, 2019)

Mixed doubles

Bonot has won two Northern Ontario Mixed Doubles Curling Championships. He competed with

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at the

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held in

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. Bonot won the Northern Ontario Provincial title in 2020 with Oye-Sem Won but did not play in the 2020 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship as the event was cancelled due to the onset of

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. The next year, they were selected by the

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to represent Northern Ontario at the "Calgary bubble" in the 2021 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. The team beat former Olympic Champion,

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(who was partnered with her nephew, Connor) in the first game.

Honours

In September 2022, Team Bonot was inducted into the

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Teams

Men's

Mixed

Personal life

Bonot lives in Thunder Bay, and is a Financial Advisor with Edward Jones. He was the Grand Marshall of the 2019 Borderland Pride March in

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and

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. He is

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. Bonot sits on the Board of the Northern Ontario Curling Association.

Education

Bonot graduated from Rainy River High School in 2003 before moving to Thunder Bay to attend

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. Bonot graduated with an HBa in Sociology in 2008.

References

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