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Feb17, 2014. Winter Olympic Games.Team Canada skip Jennifer Jones. // Photo Canadian Curling Association Michael Burns

Team Canada skip Jennifer Jones delivers at Sochi. // Photo Canadian Curling Association Michael Burns

Alumna Jennifer Jones takes Olympic gold!

February 19, 2014 — 

After a record 9-0 round robin, the Jennifer Jones’ rink has done it! The gold medal match against Sweden had its tense moments, but in the end, it was Jones’ calm and focus that took it home.

The announcer called the game, describing Jones as going “from curling great to curling legend.”

She’s always been focused, as her sister (under)stated in an interview on CBC Radio 1 after the win in the semi-finals against Great Britain. From her early “infatuation” with  curling as a child to her other career as Senior Legal Advisor at National Bank Financial, Canada’s skip Jennifer Jones is known for her ability to keep calm and carry on despite intense pressure.

And there’s been pressure. The alumna (BA/96, LLB/99) and curling star just achieved a first at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, leading her rink through a record-setting 9-0 round robin. “Her Winnipeg rink became the first team in Olympic women’s curling history to go unbeaten in the round robin,” as the official Canadian Olympics site put it. It’s a sweet victory after failing to make the 2006 and 2010 Games.

“The big moment is what sport is all about,” she told Maclean’s after the historic win. “The adrenalin rush, I love that feeling in your stomach.”

 

 

 

Kaitlyn Lawes, Team Canada third, also has a U of M connection: she curled for the U of M’s Recreation Services curling club.

 

Alumna Jennifer Jones on the cover of On Manitoba in late 2006.

Alumna Jennifer Jones on the cover of On Manitoba in late 2006.

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3 comments on “Alumna Jennifer Jones takes Olympic gold!

  1. Danny Pollock

    Hi Jennifer,

    I live in Miami, FL. I saw you win the GOLD on TV. When I heard you were from Winnipeg I almost flipped. Congratulations on the win. All of CANADA is proud of you. The best part is that you are Beautiful.
    Danny Pollock Manitoba’s Favorite Son
    Graduated 1958 UofM

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