Jamie Smith (curler)

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Jamie Smith
Curler
Born (2001-02-14) February 14, 2001 (age 20)
Sudbury, Ontario
Team
Curling club,
Sudbury, ON[1]
Skip
ThirdJamie Smith
SecondKelly Middaugh
LeadKatie Shaw
Career
Member Association Northern Ontario
Top CTRS ranking129th (2019–20)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Ontario
Canada Winter Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Red Deer

Jamie Smith[2] (born February 14, 2001) is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario.[2] She currently plays third on team . In 2019, she won a gold medal at the 2019 Canada Winter Games playing third for Bella Croisier.

Career[]

Smith made her first national appearance at the 2018 Canadian U18 Curling Championships after posting an 8–0 record at the 2018 U18 Northern Ontario Girls Provincial with the Bella Croisier rink.[3] The rink would go on to post a 4–2 round robin record, but would fail to carry momentum into the championship round and would drop their next two games, missing the playoffs.[4]

In 2019 Smith would once again reach the national stage this time at the 2019 Canada Winter Games. After finishing first in the round robin with a 9–1 record, the rink would advance directly to the semi-final where they would defeat Nova Scotia's Cally Moore 6–5 and then go on to capture the gold medal after defeating Manitoba's Hayley Bergman 8–3.[5] In the same year, Smith would go on to win back-to-back provincial titles, capturing the 2019 U18 Northern Ontario Girls Provincial and qualifying for the 2019 Canadian U18 Curling Championships.[6] The rink would once again advance to the championship round after a 5–1 round robin record, this time reaching the playoffs and defeating New Brunswick's Melodie Forsythe 7–4 in the semi-final and Ontario's Emily Deschenes 6–2 in the final to win the gold medal.[7]

Personal life[]

Smith is currently a Financial Mathematics student at Wilfrid Laurier University.[8]

Teams[]

Season Skip Third Second Lead
2017–18[9] Bella Croisier Jamie Smith Piper Croisier
2018–19 Bella Croisier Jamie Smith Piper Croisier
2019–20 Bella Croisier Jamie Smith Emilie Lovitt Piper Croisier
2020–21 Jamie Smith Kelly Middaugh

References[]

  1. ^ "Jamie Smith Profile". Curling Canada. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Red Deer 2019 Canada Games Profile: Jamie Smith". 2019 Canada Games. 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  3. ^ "Locals seek to repeat U18 curling dominance". Sudbury Sports. 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  4. ^ "Jacob Horgan rink adds bronze to 2017 gold". Sudbury Sports. 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  5. ^ "Ontario and B.C. teams are golden in curling finals at Canada Winter Games in Red Deer". Red Deer Advocate. 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  6. ^ "Local female curlers flow from one championship to the next". Sudbury Sports. 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  7. ^ "NORTHERN ONTARIO GIRLS, ONTARIO BOYS WIN 2019 CANADIAN UNDER-18 CHAMPIONSHIPS". Curling Canada. 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  8. ^ "A junior curling reunion in the midst of a messy season". Sudbury Sports. 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  9. ^ "Jamie Smith Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
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