Jacques Gauthier (curler)

Jacques Gauthier
Curler
Born	(1998-10-17) October 17, 1998 (age 26) Winnipeg, Manitoba
Team
Curling club	West St. Paul CC, Winnipeg, MB [1]
Skip	Jordon McDonald
Third	Jacques Gauthier
Second	Elias Huminicki
Lead	Cameron Olafson
Curling career
Member Association	Manitoba (2014–2022; 2024–present) British Columbia (2022–2023) Alberta (2023–2024)
Brier appearances	3 (2021, 2023, 2024)
Top CTRS ranking	5th (2023–24)
Medal record Men's Curling Representing   Canada World Junior Curling Championships 2018 Aberdeen 2020 Krasnoyarsk

Jacques Gauthier (born October 17, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. ^[2] He currently plays third on Team Jordon McDonald.

Career

Juniors

Gauthier played most of his junior career as third for J. T. Ryan. With Ryan, he won a silver medal at the 2019 Canadian Junior Curling Championships and a bronze medal at the 2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. In 2018, he got to play in his first World Junior Curling Championships as alternate for his cousin, Tyler Tardi's rink, where the team won a gold medal. ^[3]

Ryan aged out of juniors after the 2019 championships and Gauthier formed his own team for the 2019–20 season. His rink of Jordan Peters, Brayden Payette and Zack Bilawka lost the final of the 2020 Manitoba Junior Provincials. They still got to go to the 2020 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, representing the second Manitoba team as Nunavut and Yukon did not send teams. The team finished the round robin and championship pool with a 9–1 record which qualified them for the final. The team curled 92% which led them to a 8–6 victory over Newfoundland and Labrador's Daniel Bruce. ^[4] At the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships, the team finished the round robin in second with a 7–2 record. In the playoffs, they defeated Germany in the semifinal and Switzerland in the final to claim the gold medal. ^[5]

Mens

Gauthier found success in men's play, skipping a rink out of BC for the 2022–23 curling season. ^[6] In their first season together, the team won the 2023 BC Men's Curling Championship and represented British Columbia at the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier. ^[7] At the Brier, the team finished with a 3–5 record.

Gauthier later announced he would be joining the Kevin Koe rink at second for the 2023–24 curling season. Koe qualified for the 2024 Montana's Brier as one of the wild card teams based on their CTRS ranking. However, at their first Brier as a team, they had a poor showing, finishing 2–6 and not qualifying for the playoff round. The team also struggled at the Grand Slam of Curling circuit, not qualifying for the playoffs at any of the 2023–24 events.

At the beginning of the 2024–25 curling season, the Koe team announced that they would be parting ways with Gauthier. ^[8] Gauthier would go on to skip a new team out of Manitoba for the remainder of the season, where they qualified for the 2025 Viterra Championship, the Manitoba Men's Curling Championship. Gauthier would go on to finish tied for fifth at the event, with a 4–3 record.

Personal life

Gauthier currently lives in Winnipeg and was a finance student at the University of Manitoba. ^[9] He currently works as a financial analyst with BDO Canada LLP. ^[10] He is in a relationship with fellow curler Karlee Burgess. His mother Cathy is a three-time Tournament of Hearts champion and curling broadcaster. ^[11]

Grand Slam record

Key
C	Champion
F	Lost in Final
SF	Lost in Semifinal
QF	Lost in Quarterfinals
R16	Lost in the round of 16
Q	Did not advance to playoffs
T2	Played in Tier 2 event
DNP	Did not participate in event
N/A	Not a Grand Slam event that season

Event	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24
Tour Challenge	DNP	DNP	DNP	N/A	N/A	T2	Q
Canadian Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	N/A	N/A	DNP	Q
The National	DNP	DNP	DNP	N/A	DNP	DNP	Q
Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	N/A	DNP	DNP	Q
Players'	DNP	DNP	N/A	DNP	DNP	DNP	Q
Champions Cup	Q [a]	DNP	N/A	DNP	DNP	DNP	N/A

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead
2014–15 [12]	Jordan Smith	Jacques Gauthier	Graham McFarlane	Kyle Allenby
2015–16	J. T. Ryan	Jacques Gauthier	Graham McFarlane	Hugh McFarlane
2016–17	J. T. Ryan	Jacques Gauthier	Graham McFarlane	Brendan Bilawka
2017–18	J. T. Ryan	Jacques Gauthier	Colin Kurz	Brendan Bilawka
2018–19	J. T. Ryan	Jacques Gauthier	Jordan Peters	Cole Chandler
2019–20	Jacques Gauthier	Jordan Peters	Brayden Payette	Zack Bilawka
2020–21	Jacques Gauthier	Jordan Peters	Brayden Payette	Cole Chandler
2021–22	Jacques Gauthier	Jordan Peters	Brayden Payette	Cole Chandler
2022–23 [13]	Jacques Gauthier	Sterling Middleton	Jason Ginter	Alex Horvath
2023–24	Kevin Koe	Tyler Tardi	Jacques Gauthier	Karrick Martin
2024 (Sept.)	Kevin Koe	Tyler Tardi	Jacques Gauthier	Karrick Martin
2024–25	Jacques Gauthier	Derek Samagalski	Tanner Lott	Ronald Gauthier
2025–26	Jordon McDonald	Jacques Gauthier	Elias Huminicki	Cameron Olafson

Notes

1. Gauthier spared for Zach Curtis.

References

1. "Jacques Gauthier Profile". Curl BC. Archived from the original on January 15, 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
2. "2020 New Holland U21 Canadian Juniors Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
3. "MQFT with Jacques Gauthier!". Curling Canada. February 7, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
4. "2020 New Holland Canadian Juniors - Men's Final". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
5. Emil Cooper (February 22, 2020). "Canada retain junior men's world title in Krasnoyarsk". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on October 19, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
6. "Sterling Middleton and Jason Ginter part of same team for upcoming 2022-23 season". Alaska Highway News. April 5, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
7. "Victoria curling team headed to national Brier cup (sic)". CTV. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023.
8. Michael Burns (September 24, 2024). "Gauthier Gone from Team Koe". The Curling News .
9. "2021 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
10. "2023 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved February 26, 2023.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
11. "Manitoba curler follows in mother's footsteps at junior curling competition". CTV Prince Albert. January 23, 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
12. "Jacques Gauhtier Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
13. "Jacques Gauhtier 2023 Team". Twitter. Retrieved April 14, 2022.

External links

• Jacques Gauthier at World Curling