Colleen Jones

Born: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Place of Birth: December 16, 1959

• Colleen Jones has won more Canadian Curling Championships than any other curler.

• She is a graduate of Dalhousie University in Halifax.

• She successfully schedules being a mother of two children, a CBC weather-sports reporter, and a champion curler.

• Jones has been on winning teams for the Nova Scotia title for over 20 years.

• She was the youngest curling skip to ever win a Canadian championship.

• Colleen was inducted into the Curling Hall of Fame in 1990.

• Because of her consistency in winning Nova Scotia championships, she is rated as one of the best athletes to come from that province.

• She won her first World Championship in 2001 in Switzerland.

• The Jones-skipped team lost a close 5-3 final game to the American team at the World Championship in 2003.

• She won her fourth Canadian title in a row in February, 2004.

• Colleen and her team has done much to make women's curling a more recognized sport in Canada.

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Last Updated: April 22, 2008
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