Colleen Jones

Colleen Patricia Jones CM (born December 16, 1959) is a Canadian curler and television personality. She is best known as the skip of two women's world championship teams and six Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's championships, including an unprecedented four titles in a row and held the record for most Tournament of Hearts wins from when she won her 67th game 1994 until her eventual 152 wins were eclipsed by Jennifer Jones in 2021.

Colleen Jones
CM
Jones on CBC Sports "That Curling Show" in 2021
Other namesColleen P. Jones
Born (1959-12-16) December 16, 1959
Team
Curling clubMayflower Curling Club, Halifax, NS
SkipJessica Daigle
ThirdKirsten Lind
SecondLindsey Burgess
LeadEmma Logan
AlternateColleen Jones
Curling career
Member Association Nova Scotia
Hearts appearances21 (1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013)
World Championship
appearances
6 (1982, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
Top CTRS ranking2nd (2003–04)

Jones also serves as a reporter and weather presenter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and as a curling commentator for NBC in the United States, particularly during the 2010 Winter Olympics.

In 2018, Jones finished second to Sidney Crosby in a listing of the greatest 15 athletes in Nova Scotia's history. In 2019, she was named the third greatest Canadian curler in history in a TSN poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers.

She currently coaches the Heather Smith rink.

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