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Debbie Jones-Walker
Curler
Born (1953-03-23) March 23, 1953 (age 71)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Team
Curling clubNorth Shore WC (Vancouver)
Fort Rouge CC (Winnipeg)
Curling career
Member Association British Columbia
Hearts appearances8: (1984, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000)
World Championship
appearances		2 (1985, 1995)
Olympic
appearances		1 (1988) (demo)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1985 Jönköping
Silver medal – second place 1995 Brandon
Olympic Games (demonstration)
Gold medal – first place 1988 Calgary Women's
Representing  British Columbia
Scott Tournament of Hearts
Gold medal – first place 1985 Winnipeg
Gold medal – first place 1995 Calgary
Silver medal – second place 1986 London
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Charlottetown
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Thunder Bay
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Charlottetown
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Prince George
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
Gold medal – first place 1987 Calgary
Canadian Mixed Championship
Gold medal – first place 1977 Halifax

Deborah "Debbie" Jones-Walker (also known as Debbie Jones; born March 23, 1953[1] in Edmonton as Debbie Orr) is a Canadian former curler.

She is a 1985 World champion[2] and two-time Scott Tournament of Hearts champion (1985, 1995).

She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport. The Canadian women's team won the gold medal, defeating Sweden in the final.

Jones-Walker was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 1991.[3]

She is an honorary member of the North Shore Winter Club and was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.[3][4]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
Coach		 Events
1983–84 Lindsay Sparkes Linda Moore Debbie Orr Laurie Carney STOH 1984 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1984–85 Linda Moore Lindsay Sparkes Debbie Jones Laurie Carney STOH 1985 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1985 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1985–86 Linda Moore Lindsay Sparkes Debbie Jones Laurie Carney Rae Moir STOH 1986 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1987–88 Linda Moore Lindsay Sparkes Debbie Jones Penny Ryan Patti Vande (OG) COCT 1987 1st place, gold medalist(s)
OG 1988 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1994–95 Connie Laliberte Cathy Overton Cathy Gauthier Janet Arnott Debbie Jones-Walker
Tom Clasper		 STOH 1995 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1995 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1995–96 Connie Laliberte Cathy Overton-Clapham Cathy Gauthier Janet Arnott Debbie Jones-Walker STOH 1996 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1996–97 Janet Harvey Debbie Jones-Walker Carol Harvey Alison Harvey Karen Porritt STOH 1997 (5th)
1998–99 Connie Laliberte Cathy Overton-Clapham Debbie Jones-Walker Janet Arnott Jill Staub STOH 1999 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1999–00 Connie Laliberte Cathy Overton-Clapham Debbie Jones-Walker Janet Arnott Jill Staub
Bob Moroz		 STOH 2000 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2012 Penny Shantz Debbie Jones-Walker Deborah Pulak Shirley Wong CSCC 2012 (10th)
Mixed curling
1977 Harold Tanasichuk Rose Tanasichuk Jim Kirkness Debbie Orr CMxCC 1977 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "Debbie Jones | Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website". olympic.ca. 2011-09-19. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  2. ^ Debbie Jones-Walker on the World Curling database Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b "Jones-Walker, Deborah 'Debbie' — CCA Hall of Fame — ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle". Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  4. ^ "1985 Linda Moore Rink - BC Sports Hall of Fame". bcsportshall.com. Retrieved 2019-09-09.


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