Jill Officer

Jill Officer (born June 2, 1975) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Officer played second for the teams skipped by Jennifer Jones from 2003 to 2018 and while they were juniors. The team won a gold medal while representing Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Team Jones was the first women’s team to go through an Olympic campaign undefeated. The team has also won two World Curling Championships in 2008 and 2018, while going through the later event without a loss on their way to gold.

Jill Officer
Born (1975-06-02) June 2, 1975
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Team
Curling clubSt. Vital CC, Winnipeg
Curling career
Member Association Manitoba
Hearts appearances13 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
World Championship
appearances
7 (2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2019)
Olympic
appearances
1 (2014)
Top CTRS ranking1st (2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2017–18)
Grand Slam victories16 (2006 Players', 2007 Autumn Gold, 2007 Players', 2008 Wayden Transportation, 2009 Players', 2009 Autumn Gold, 2010 Sobeys Slam, 2011 Players', 2013 Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries, 2013 Colonial Square, 2014 Players', 2014 Autumn Gold, 2016 Champions Cup, 2017 Players', 2017 Masters, 2017 National)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Canada
Winter Olympics
2014 Sochi
World Championships
2008 Vernon
2018 North Bay
2015 Sapporo
2010 Swift Current
Representing  Manitoba
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
2013 Winnipeg
2017 Ottawa
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
2005 St. John's
2008 Regina
2009 Victoria
2010 Sault Ste. Marie
2015 Moose Jaw
2018 Penticton
2006 London
2011 Charlottetown
2013 Kingston
2007 Lethbridge
2012 Red Deer
2016 Grande Prairie

Officer has played on and off with Jones since she was 15. Together they won six national championships in 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015 and 2018. Officer's Scotties victories put her in an elite group of three to have won six titles. The group includes herself, Jennifer Jones, and Colleen Jones. She also won the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 1994 together with Jones.

In 2019, Officer was named the greatest Canadian female second in history in a TSN poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers. She was also named the sixth greatest Canadian curler in history.

During the 2019–20 season, she coached the Tracy Fleury rink which includes her niece Kristin MacCuish.

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