Dean Joanisse
Encyclopedia
Dean Joanisse is a Canadian
curler
.
Joanisse is most notable for skipping his British Columbia team to a Canadian Junior Curling Championships
in 1989, qualifying him to represent Canada at the 1990 World Junior Curling Championships
. At the World Juniors, he lost to Peja Lindholm
's team from Sweden in the bronze medal final.
Joanisse also skipped two teams to the Brier
. At the 2001 Nokia Brier
his team finished with a 4-7 record. He would make the Brier again in 2007.
Joanisse's profession is a curling artist.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
curler
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...
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Joanisse is most notable for skipping his British Columbia team to a Canadian Junior Curling Championships
Canadian Junior Curling Championships
The Canadian Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament held to determine the best junior-level curling team in Canada. Junior level curlers must be under the age of 20 as of December 31 in the year prior to the tournament....
in 1989, qualifying him to represent Canada at the 1990 World Junior Curling Championships
World Junior Curling Championships
The World Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competition for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1975 and the women's 1988...
. At the World Juniors, he lost to Peja Lindholm
Peja Lindholm
Peter "Peja" Rutger Lindholm is a Swedish curler. He is a three-time world champion skip, winning in 1997, 2001 and 2004. He is also a two-time European champion and a former world junior champion .Lindholm announced his retirement from curling following the 2007 European Curling Championships...
's team from Sweden in the bronze medal final.
Joanisse also skipped two teams to the Brier
Tim Hortons Brier
The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply the Brier, is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by the Canadian Curling Association . The current event name refers to its main sponsor, the Tim Hortons coffee and doughnut shop chain.The Brier has been held since 1927, traditionally during...
. At the 2001 Nokia Brier
2001 Nokia Brier
The 2001 Nokia Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held March 3–11 at the Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. It was the very first Brier to be sponsored by Nokia. The theme of the event was the 2001: A Space Odyssey...
his team finished with a 4-7 record. He would make the Brier again in 2007.
Joanisse's profession is a curling artist.