Éric Sylvain
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| Born | June 16, 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | , Saint-Romuald CC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Martin Ferland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Éric Sylvain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Jean Gagnon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brier appearances | 12 (2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top CTRS ranking | 8th (2004–05) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Éric Sylvain (born June 16, 1971) is a Canadian curler from Lévis, Quebec. He was the long time second for Jean-Michel Ménard[1] from 2003 to 2018.
Sylvain joined up with Ménard in 2003, and qualified for his first Brier in 2005 as a member of Team Quebec. They lost in the 3-4 game to Nova Scotia (Shawn Adams, skip).
In 2006, they qualified for the Brier, this time winning the title when they defeated Ontario (Glenn Howard) in the final. The team became the first francophone team from Quebec to win the Brier. This qualified them to represent Team Canada at the 2006 World Men's Curling Championship. The lost in the final to Scotland (David Murdoch).
The team failed to qualify for the 2007 Brier- losing to Pierre Charette in the provincial final. The team broke up that year, but Sylvain stuck with Ménard. They won the 2008 provincial final, qualifying them for the 2008 Tim Hortons Brier, but the new team failed to make the playoffs.
Personal life[]
Sylvain works as a general manager and golf pro at the .[2] He is married to fellow curler .[3]
References[]
- ^ "The Extra End: 'Legends of Rock' ready to put on a great..." CBC.ca. March 7, 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ^ "Issue 5, Wednesday, March 4, 2015 - Tankard Times" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05.
- ^ "Issue 4, Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - Heart Chart - 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-20.
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- 1971 births
- Brier champions
- Curlers from Quebec
- French Quebecers
- Living people
- People from Lévis, Quebec
- Sportspeople from Thetford Mines
- Canadian male curlers
- Continental Cup of Curling participants
- Canada Cup (curling) participants
- Canadian curling biography stubs