Brad Jacobs (curler)

Men's curling
Competitor for Canada
World Championships
Silver	2013 Victoria
Competitor for Northern Ontario
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
Gold	2013 Winnipeg
Tim Hortons Brier
Gold	2013 Edmonton
Bronze	2010 Halifax

Brad Jacobs (born June 11, 1985 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) is a Canadian curler. Jacobs is the skip of the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier championship team and 2013 World Championship runner-up and is a five-time Northern Ontario provincial champion, and one time provincial junior champion. He will be skip of the Canadian Olympic Men's Curling Team at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Career

Jacobs began curling at age ten. He had a successful junior career, winning the Northern Ontario Junior Men's Championship in 2005. He skipped the region at the 2005 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, where the team finished with an 8-4 record, good enough for fourth place, but outside the playoffs.

Jacobs was then picked up to play for his uncle, Al Harnden, with Jacobs throwing last rocks on the team. The team finished 5-6 at the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier. Jacobs participated in the 2008 Tim Hortons Brier as an alternate for another uncle, Eric Harnden. In 2008, Jacobs formed his own team with his cousins (Eric's sons) E. J. Harnden and Ryan Harnden as well as Caleb Flaxey. The team won the Northern Ontario provincial title in 2010, qualifying for the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier where they made the playoffs, the first team from Northern Ontario to do that since the 1993 Labatt Brier. Jacobs' team represented Northern Ontario again at the 2011 Tim Hortons Brier, where they finished with a 7-4 record, out of the playoffs. The team went to the Brier again in 2012, where the finished 5-6. The following year at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier, they became the first team from Northern Ontario to win the Brier since 1985. The win gave them the right to represent Canada at the 2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship. At the Worlds, Jacobs skipped the Canadian team to a silver medal, losing to Sweden's Niklas Edin in the final.

During the semifinal of the 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.^[1]^[2]

Personal life

Jacobs attended Algoma University. He currently works as an accounts manager with the Royal Bank of Canada.

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead
2004–05	Brad Jacobs	Brady Barnett	Scott Seabrook	Steve Molodowich
2006–07	Al Harnden	Brad Jacobs	Dusty Jakomait	Rob Thomas
2007–08^[3]	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

Grand Slam record

Key
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
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
Masters / World Cup	DNP	Q	Q	QF	DNP
Canadian Open	DNP	DNP	QF	F	DNP
The National	Q	DNP	DNP	QF
Players' Championships	DNP	Q	DNP	SF

References

External links

Olympic profile

Brad Jacobs on the World Curling Tour database

Persondata
Name	Jacobs, Brad
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian curler
Date of birth	June 11, 1985
Place of birth	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Date of death
Place of death

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