Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs | |
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World Championship appearances | 1 (2013) |
Olympic appearances | 1 (2014) |
Top CTRS ranking | 1st (2013–14, 2019–20) |
Grand Slam victories | 7 (2015 Players', 2016 National, 2017 Champions Cup, 2018 Tour Challenge, 2019 Tour Challenge, 2019 National, 2020 Canadian Open) |
Medal record |
Bradley Robert Jacobs[1] (born June 11, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.[2] He currently skips his own team out of Calgary, Alberta. He is an Olympic champion skip, having led Canada to a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Jacobs is also the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier championship skip and the 2013 World Championship runner-up. He is a 12-time Northern Ontario provincial champion, and one-time provincial junior champion.
Jacobs and his Olympic gold medallist team were well known for their physical fitness.[3] They have been described as "fitness freaks" and are "embracing curling's athletic evolution as much or more than any other team".[4]
Jacobs was born in Sault Ste. Marie, the son of Bob and Cynthia Jacobs (née Harnden).[1]
Career
Junior career
Jacobs began curling at age ten with a coach named
He had a successful junior career, winning the Northern Ontario Junior Men's Championship in 2005 with teammates Brady Barnett, Scott Seabrook and Steve Molodowich. This gave his team a berth at the 2005 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, representing the region. At the Canadian Juniors, he led the team to an 8–4 record, good enough for fourth place, but outside the playoffs.[6]
Men's career
Jacobs was then picked up to play for his uncle,
Following their Olympic success, the Jacobs rink once again made it to the Brier
At the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier, the Jacobs rink once again tore through the round robin, going undefeated to finish in first place. However, they ran into trouble in the playoffs, losing to Newfoundland and Labrador in the 1 vs. 2 game and to Alberta in the semifinals. They did rebound in the bronze medal game, defeating Manitoba to finish third overall.
The 2016-17 season would be the best to date for the Jacobs rink on the World Curling Tour, winning two slams, the 2016 Boost National and the 2017 Humpty's Champions Cup. At the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, the team would once again make the playoffs, after posting an 8-3 round robin record. However, they lost both of their playoff games, settling for fourth place.
Jacobs played in the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials attempting to head to the Olympics again, but his team would finish with a disappointing 3-5 record, missing the playoffs. The team again represented Northern Ontario at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier, making it to the playoffs with an 8-3 record, but lost to Alberta's Brendan Bottcher rink in the 3 vs. 4 game.
The next season, the Jacobs rink won the 2018 Tour Challenge Grand Slam event. A month later, the team won the 2018 Canada Cup, their first Canada Cup title, defeating Kevin Koe's rink in the final. The team had Marc Kennedy playing third, filling in for Ryan Fry, who is on sabbatical following unsportsmanlike behaviour and excessive drinking at the 2018 Red Deer Curling Classic.[7] The team once again represented Northern Ontario at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier. The team went 9-2 in the round robin and championship round combined. Jacobs lost the 1vs2 game to Kevin Koe and the semifinal to Brendan Bottcher resulting in the team getting the bronze medal.[8]
The following season, the team officially added Kennedy to the line-up at third with Fry going to play with John Epping. In their first event, the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic, the team went undefeated up until the final where they would lose to former teammate Fry and Team Epping. Team Jacobs won three straight Grand Slam events, at the Tour Challenge, National and the Canadian Open. They would win the 2020 Northern Ontario Men's Provincial Curling Championship for the sixth year in a row. At the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, they battled through two tiebreakers before losing to Newfoundland and Labrador's Brad Gushue in the 3 vs. 4 game, all within the same day. It would be the team's last event of the season as both the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]
Team Jacobs played in two tour events during the
Team Jacobs began the
In March 2022, Jacobs announced he would be stepping back from competitive curling.[13] He made his return in 2023, playing third for Reid Carruthers' rink in the Canadian Open. Jacobs will play for the team for the remainder of the season's Slams.[14] He competed in the 2023 Northern Ontario Men's Provincial Curling Championship, skipping a rink of Jordan Chandler, Kyle Chandler, and Jamie Broad; they failed to reach the playoffs.[15]
Starting in the
Eight-ender
During the semifinal of The Dominion 2012 Northern Ontario Men's Curling Championship, Jacobs and team scored a rare eight-ender, in the sixth end to win the game 14–3.[16][17]
Personal life
Jacobs was born on June 11, 1985, in Sault Ste. Marie. Jacobs holds a bachelor's degree in geography from Algoma University.[18] He currently works as a senior marketing director for World Financial Group.[19] He is married to Shawna Jacobs and has two children.[20]
Grand Slam record
Key | |
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C | Champion |
F | Lost in Final |
SF | Lost in Semifinal |
QF | Lost in Quarterfinals |
R16 | Lost in the round of 16 |
Q | Did not advance to playoffs |
T2 | Played in Tier 2 event |
DNP | Did not participate in event |
N/A | Not a Grand Slam event that season |
Event | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 |
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Tour Challenge | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | QF | Q | SF | C | C | N/A | N/A | DNP | QF |
The National | Q | DNP | DNP | QF | Q | F | QF | C | Q | QF | C | N/A | Q | DNP | Q |
Masters | DNP | Q | Q | QF | DNP | SF | QF | F | QF | Q | QF | N/A | F | DNP | QF |
Canadian Open | DNP | DNP | QF | F | DNP | QF | Q | SF | SF | QF | C | N/A | N/A | Q[a] | Q |
Players' | DNP | Q | DNP | SF | F | C | F | QF | Q | QF | N/A | SF | QF | Q[a] | Q |
Champions Cup | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | DNP | C | Q | QF | N/A | QF | SF | Q[a] | N/A |
Elite 10 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | SF | DNP | F | QF | SF | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Teams
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead |
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2004–05 | Brad Jacobs | Brady Barnett | Scott Seabrook | Steve Molodowich |
2006–07 | Al Harnden | Brad Jacobs | Dusty Jakomait | Rob Thomas |
2007–08[21] | Al Harnden | Brad Jacobs | Dusty Jakomait | Rob Thomas |
2008–09 | Brad Jacobs | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden | Caleb Flaxey |
2009–10 | Brad Jacobs | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden | Caleb Flaxey |
2010–11 | Brad Jacobs | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden | Scott Seabrook |
2011–12 | Brad Jacobs | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden | Scott Seabrook |
2012–13 | Brad Jacobs | Ryan Fry | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden |
2013–14 | Brad Jacobs | Ryan Fry | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden |
2014–15 | Brad Jacobs | Ryan Fry | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden |
2015–16 | Brad Jacobs | Ryan Fry | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden |
2016–17 | Brad Jacobs | Ryan Fry | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden |
2017–18 | Brad Jacobs | Ryan Fry | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden |
2018–19 | Brad Jacobs | Ryan Fry | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden |
2019–20 | Brad Jacobs | Marc Kennedy | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden |
2020–21[22] | Brad Jacobs | Marc Kennedy | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden |
2021–22 | Brad Jacobs | Marc Kennedy | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden |
2023 (playdowns) | Brad Jacobs | Jordan Chandler | Kyle Chandler | Jamie Broad |
2023 (Slams) | Reid Carruthers | Brad Jacobs | Derek Samagalski | Connor Njegovan |
2023–24 | Brad Jacobs | Reid Carruthers | Derek Samagalski | Connor Njegovan |
2024–25 | Brad Jacobs | Marc Kennedy | Brett Gallant | Ben Hebert |
Notes
- ^ a b c Jacobs spared for Jason Gunnlaugson on Team Reid Carruthers.
References
- ^ a b "Jacobs". The Sault Star. June 28, 1985. p. 2. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- ^ "2020 Tim Hortons Brier Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
- ^ Donna Spencer, Canadian Press (March 11, 2013). "Northern Ontario ushers in a new generation of curlers". National Post. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014.
- ^ "Sochi 2014: Canadian men's curling skip Brad Jacobs embracing his moment". thestar.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
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- ^ 2005 Karcher Canadian Junior Men's Curling Championship. Team and player identification
- ^ Strong, Gregory (December 3, 2018). "Marc Kennedy filling in for Ryan Fry as Team Jacobs heads to Canada Cup". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ "Kevin Koe captures 4th Brier title with 10th-end magic | CBC Sports".
- ^ "GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season". Grand Slam of Curling. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ The Canadian Press (December 21, 2020). "Ontario, Manitoba cancel provincial playdowns". TSN. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Tim Hortons Brier: Scores, schedule, standings". Sportsnet. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ "Manitoulin's Jordan Chandler to curl with Brad Jacobs rink at Ont. Curling championship". February 9, 2022.
- ^ "End of an era: Team Brad Jacobs calling it quits later this year".
- ^ "Brad Jacobs to join Team Carruthers for remaining GSOC events for 2022-23 season".
- ^ 2023 Men's and Women's Provincial
- ^ "Game Scores » 2011-2012 Northern Ontario Men's The Dominion Men's NOCA Provincials » Playdowns.com - Sweeping the nation with great curling coverage".
- ^ "2013 Brier Champion Brad Jacobs scores an 8-Ender in 2012 Northern Ontario Playdowns Semi-Final". YouTube.
- ^ "Team Jacobs :: About Us". Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ^ Media Guide
- ^ 2017 Brier Media Guide: Team Northern Ontario
- ^ "Shorty Jenkins Classic 2007 – Teams". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007.
- ^ "2020–21 Men's Curling Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
External links
- Brad Jacobs at World Curling
- Brad Jacobs at Olympics.com
- Brad Jacobs at Olympedia
- Brad Jacobs at the Canadian Olympic Committee