Jim Sullivan (curler)
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Born | January 6, 1968 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | November 12, 2011 | (aged 43)|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brier appearances | 2 (1990, 2001) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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James David "Jim" Sullivan (January 6, 1968 - November 12, 2011) was a Canadian curler from Saint John, New Brunswick. He was a renowned curler, being skip of the Jim Sullivan Rink which captured the 1987 Canadian Junior Curling Championships for New Brunswick, and the 1988 World Junior Curling Championships. In 1990, Sullivan and his team were the silver medalists at the Labatt Brier. Sullivan continued to be active in curling, being a member of Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club, and an Honorary Life Member of the Capital Winter Club in Fredericton.[1][2]
Sullivan committed suicide in 2011, following a struggle with depression.[3]
Sullivan's cousin was another curler, Charlie Sullivan, as was his uncle, Charlie Sullivan, Sr..[4]