Marie-France Larouche | |
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Curler | |
Born |
June 5, 1980 Lévis, Quebec |
Team | |
Curling club |
CC Etchemin, Saint-Romuald, QC |
Skip | Marie-France Larouche |
Third | Brenda Nicholls |
Second | Annie Lemay |
Lead | Julie Rainville |
Alternate | Amelie Blais |
Career | |
Hearts appearances | 9 (2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016) |
Top CTRS ranking | 3rd (2008-09) |
Grand Slam victories | 1 (Sobeys Slam: 2008) |
Marie-France Larouche (born June 5, 1980 in Lévis, Quebec) is a Canadian curler, who currently skips her own team out of the Club de curling Etchemin in Saint-Romuald, Quebec.
Larouche made her first national debut at the 1995 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, where her team finished round robin with a first place record of 9-2. She would end up losing the semi-final to Ontario's Kirsten Harmark, claiming a bronze medal.
Larouche would return to the championship again in 1996, where her team finish 7-5 in round robin, in a four-way tie for third. She would end up losing the tiebreaker to Ontario's Denna Schell.
For a third consecutive year Larouche would return to the junior championships in 1997, again finishing in first place after round robin with a 10-2 record. She would face Nova Scotia's Meredith Doyle in the final, eventually taking home the silver medal, losing 2-4.
Making a fourth appearance at the junior's Larouche would again represent Quebec at the 1998 Canadian Juniors. Her team would finish round robin with a 5-7 record.
In her fifth consecutive, and final Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Larouche and her team would represent Quebec at the 1999 Canadian Juniors. The team would finish round robin with a 9-2 second place record. She would go on to play Saskatchewan's Stefanie Miller in the semi-final, where they would come out ahead, winning 6-3. Larouche would get a rematch of the 1997, playing Nova Scotia's Meredith Doyle. Larouche would finally break through, winning 9-2 and the junior championship title. At the 1999 World Junior Curling Championships, Larouche and her team would win the bronze medal for Canada.