Jean-Michel Ménard
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| Born |
January 19, 1976 Amos, Quebec |
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| Curling club |
CC Etchemin, Saint-Romuald, QC |
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| Skip | Jean-Michel Ménard | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Martin Crête | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Éric Sylvain | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Philippe Ménard | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternate | Pierre Charette | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Career | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brier appearances | 11 (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Top CTRS ranking | 8th (2004-05) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Jean-Michel Ménard (born January 19, 1976) is a curler from Aylmer, Quebec,Canada. Ménard is notable for being the first Francophone born skip from Quebec to win the Brier - Canada's national curling championship- which he did in 2006.
While living in Aylmer, Quebec and playing in leagues at the Ottawa Curling Club and the Rideau Curling Club, Ménard also represents the Club de Curling Etchemin in Saint-Romuald, Quebec along with his team of Martin Crête, Éric Sylvain and brother Philippe Ménard.
Ménard had a 5-7 record at the 1996 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, and would return to a national championships at the 2000 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. He would return to the mixed in 2001, winning the tournament. Ménard found himself on the team of Guy Hemmings as his second in 2003, which they won the Quebec championships sending them to the 2003 Nokia Brier. At the Brier, they finished 6-5, just out of the playoffs.
Ménard would return to the Brier at the 2005 Tim Hortons Brier, this time as a skip where he finished the round-robin with a 7-4 record sending him to the playoffs. However, he lost in the 3-4 game to Nova Scotia's Shawn Adams.
Ménard returned once again to the Brier in 2006. His team finished the round robin in second place and an 8-3 record. In the playoffs they lost the 1-2 game, but went on to win the semi-final against Team Nova Scotia skipped by Mark Dacey in a lacklustre game. In the final, against Ontario's Glenn Howard team, Ménard and his Quebec foursome played a much better game, claiming victory- the first ever for a full Francophone born team and the second ever for a Quebec team.
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