Jessica Smith (curler)

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Jessica Smith
Curler
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Born (1997-09-29) 29 September 1997 (age 27)
Ranfurly, New Zealand
Team
Curling clubDunedin CC, Dunedin [1]
Skip Jessica Smith
Third Grace Apuwai-Bishop
Second Sophie Tran
Lead Temika Apuwai-Bishop
Mixed doubles
partner		 Ben Smith
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
World Championship
appearances		2 (2023, 2024)
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances		1 (2025)
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances		1 (2017)
Pan Continental Championship
appearances		2 (2022, 2023)
Medal record
Curling
New Zealand Women's Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 Dunedin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Naseby
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Naseby
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 Naseby
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 Naseby
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Naseby
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2020 Naseby
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2015 Naseby
New Zealand Mixed Doubles Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Naseby
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Naseby
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 Naseby
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 Naseby
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Naseby
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Naseby

Jessica (Jess) Smith (born 29 September 1997) is a New Zealand curler [2] from Invercargill. [3]

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At the international level, she competed at the 2023 World Women's Championship (first-ever Worlds for the New Zealand women's curling team), Pacific-Asia Championships 2017 and the 2022 Pan Continental Championships.

At the national level, she is a New Zealand women's and mixed doubles champion curler.

Personal life

Her brother [4] Ben is also a curler; [5] the pair won the New Zealand Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in 2018 and 2019. [6]

In 2020, at the age of 23, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma cancer,; [7] and after a difficult treatment, she recovered and returned to the ice, including the international stage, leading the New Zealand women's team to win the right to play at the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship for the first time in Women's World Curling Championship history. [5]

Smith currently works as a nurse. [3]

Teams and events

Women's

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
2013–14 Eleanor Adviento Tessa Farley Holly Thompson Jessica Smith Waverley Taylor Liz Matthews PAJCC 2014 (4th)
2014—15Eleanor AdvientoWaverley TaylorJessica SmithHolly Thompson Eloise Pointon Nelson Ede PAJCC 2015 Bronze medal icon.svg
2015—16 Wendy Becker Bridget Becker Jessica SmithHolly Thompson NZWCC 2015 Bronze medal icon.svg
Eleanor AdvientoJessica SmithWaverley TaylorHolly Thompson Emma Sutherland Nelson Ede WJBCC 2016 (5th)
2016—17Jessica SmithHolly ThompsonWaverley TaylorBridget Becker Anna de Boer NZWCC 2016 Silver medal icon.svg
Jessica SmithHolly ThompsonEmma Sutherland Courtney Smith Eloise PointonNelson Ede WJBCC 2017 (16th)
2017—18Bridget BeckerJessica SmithHolly Thompson Emma Sutherland NZWCC 2017 Gold medal icon.svg
Bridget BeckerJessica SmithThivya JeyaranjanHolly ThompsonEmma SutherlandNelson Ede PACC 2017 (5th)
Jessica SmithHolly ThompsonEmma SutherlandCourtney Smith Mhairi-Bronté Duncan Nelson Ede,
Peter Becker 		WJBCC 2018 (4th)
2018—19Jessica SmithHolly ThompsonMhairi-Bronté DuncanCourtney SmithNZWCC 2018 Silver medal icon.svg
Bridget Becker Natalie Thurlow Abby Peddie Eloise PointonJessica Smith Peter de Boer 2019 WQE (8th)
Jessica SmithHolly ThompsonMhairi-Bronté DuncanCourtney Smith Lucy Neilson Nelson Ede WJBCC 2019 (Jan) (12th)
2019—20Jessica SmithHolly ThompsonMhairi-Bronté DuncanJennifer StewartNZWCC 2019 Silver medal icon.svg
2020—21Jessica SmithHolly ThompsonJennifer Stewart Ruby Kinney NZWCC 2020 Silver medal icon.svg
2022—23Jessica SmithHolly ThompsonNatalie ThurlowBridget BeckerNZWCC 2022 Gold medal icon.svg
Jessica SmithHolly ThompsonNatalie ThurlowBridget BeckerRuby KinneyNelson Ede PCCC 2022 (5th)
Jessica SmithHolly ThompsonBridget BeckerNatalie ThurlowRuby KinneyNelson Ede WWCC 2023 (13th)
2023—24Jessica SmithHolly ThompsonBridget BeckerNatalie ThurlowNZWCC 2023 Gold medal icon.svg
Jessica SmithCourtney SmithBridget BeckerNatalie ThurlowHolly Thompson PCCC 2023 (5th)
WWCC 2024 (13th)

Mixed doubles

SeasonFemaleMaleEvents
2013–14Jessica SmithJoshua Whyte NZMDCC 2013 (9th)
2014–15Jessica Smith Peter Becker NZMDCC 2014 (9th)
2016–17Jessica Smith Ben Smith NZMDCC 2016 Silver medal icon.svg
2017–18Jessica SmithBen SmithNZMDCC 2017 (5th)
2018–19Jessica SmithBen SmithNZMDCC 2018 Gold medal icon.svg
2019–20Jessica SmithBen SmithNZMDCC 2019 Gold medal icon.svg
2020–21Jessica SmithBen SmithNZMDCC 2020 (4th)
2022–23Jessica SmithBen SmithNZMDCC 2022 Silver medal icon.svg
2023–24Jessica SmithBen SmithNZMDCC 2023 Silver medal icon.svg
2024–25Jessica SmithBen SmithNZMDCC 2024 Gold medal icon.svg
WMDCC 2025 ()

References

  1. ↑ Dunedin Curling - New Zealand Curling
  2. ↑ Jessica Smith at World Curling OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. 1 2 "2024 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada . Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "NZ women ready to 'move granite' at first Curling World Championships outing". Stuff.co.nz.
  5. 1 2 "From cancer diagnosis to curling world championships". Olympics.com. 21 April 2023. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. It was in April 2020, just after then 23-year-old Smith and her brother Ben found out
  6. ↑ "NZ Mixed Doubles Curling Championship". Curling New Zealand. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "New Zealand's Jess Smith back on international stage following cancer battle". World Curling Federation. 3 November 2022. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023.


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