Jules Owchar

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Jules Owchar
Brier appearances
5 (1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997)
World Championship
appearances		2 (1991, 1997)
Medal record
Men's curling
Representing  Canada
World Curling Championships
Silver medal – second place
1991 Winnipeg
Representing  Alberta
Tim Hortons Brier
Gold medal – first place 1991 Hamilton
Gold medal – first place 1997 Calgary
Silver medal – second place 1996 Kamloops
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Regina
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Halifax

Jules Owchar (born October 12, 1944,[1] in Lac La Biche, Alberta) is a Canadian curler, curling coach, and golf coach from Edmonton, Alberta. Owchar is best known as the longtime coach of Kevin Martin, a retired Olympic champion, world champion, and Canadian champion. Owchar is also the curling coach of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology curling teams. He is also currently coaching Brad Gushue's Newfoundland and Labrador team. Teams coached by Owchar have won eight Briers, one Olympic gold, two silvers, and one bronze; two world championships, 24 Slam titles and 34 conference championship gold medals, as of March 2019 when he was named to Curling Canada's Hall of Fame.[2]

Career

Playing career

Owchar was officially listed as the alternate for the

1991 World Men's Curling Championship
.

Coaching career

Owchar is a Level 3 certified curling coach by the National Coaching Certification Program.

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

Owchar began his career at the

national college championship.[5]

Coaching Kevin Martin

Owchar began coaching

world championship in 1997 and the gold medal game at the 2002 Winter Olympics, which had come down to a draw for the win.[6] Martin also missed another opportunity to represent Canada at the Olympics in 2005
.

Martin returned to the Brier in

2009 world championships, respectively.[6] Then, the next year, Martin won the 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials and the right to represent Canada at his third Olympics, and won his first gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[7] More recently, Owchar coached Martin to a bronze medal finish at the 2011 Tim Hortons Brier
.

Overall, Owchar has coached Martin to a total of ten provincial championships and four

Canadian championships. As Martin's coach, he has also coached at three Winter Olympics and four world championships.[8]

Heading East

After Martin's retirement at the end of the 2014 season, Owchar was recruited by 2006 Olympic gold medalist Brad Gushue to coach his Newfoundland and Labrador team.

2017 world championship in Edmonton. They repeated as Brier champions in 2018.

Owchar was named to Curling Canada's Hall of Fame at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier.[2]

Awards and honours

References

  1. ^ "Jules Owchar". Vancouver Sun. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d Heroux, Devin (5 March 2019). "Jules Owchar is curling's rock-whisperer and all he does is win". CBC Sports. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Jules Owchar". Coaching Association of Canada. Retrieved 10 June 2013. [permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b "NAIT's Top 50 Alumni – Jules Owchar". Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  5. ^ Griwkowsky, Con (23 March 2013). "Brown makes NAIT curling history". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  6. ^ a b c "Player-coach relationship: Kevin Martin & Jules Owchar". Techlife Magazine, NAIT. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  7. Canadian Curling Association
    . 22 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  8. ^ "Jules Owchar". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  9. ^ "Curling Canada | Curling Canada honours 2019 Hall of Fame inductees, annual award-winners".

External links

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