Janet Arnott (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba as Janet Laliberte) is a Canadian

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...

 from Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

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Arnott was the long time lead for her sister, Connie Laliberte

Connie Laliberte

Connie Laliberte is a Canadian curler from Manitoba and world champion.-Championships:Laliberte became world champion in 1984 as skip for the Canadian team....

 winning the Scott Tournament of Hearts in 1984 and 1992 and the World Curling Championships

World Curling Championships

The World Curling Championships are annual curling events which showcase the world's best curlers, organized by the World Curling Federation. There are men's, women's and mixed championships. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's in 1979...

 in 1984. With Laliberte, Arnott had played in seven national championships (1984, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1999). In 1999-2000, she joined Cathy Overton-Clapham

Cathy Overton-Clapham

Cathy Overton-Clapham is a Canadian curler...

's team as her lead once again returning to the Hearts in 2000.

Arnott replaced Dana Allerton on the Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones (curler)

Jennifer Jones is a Canadian curler from East St. Paul, Manitoba. Jones, a lawyer, is corporate counsel for Wellington West Capital and a Windsor Park Collegiate graduate.-Early success:...

 team midway through the 2006-07 season amidst some outcry from the curling community. http://www.tsn.ca/curling/news_story/?ID=191401&hubname=curling After playing with them at the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's women's curling championship, was held February 17-25 at the ENMAX Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta. It marks the first year under the Scotties brand name. The winner was the defending champions Team Canada, under skip Kelly Scott...

, she was replaced by Dawn Askin

Dawn Askin

Dawn Askin is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She currently plays lead for Jennifer Jones....

 as Jones' lead.

Arnott then became the coach of the team before being replaced by Earle Morris

Earle Morris

Earle Morris is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario. He is the only curler to play for three different provinces at the Brier. Currently he is the coach of the Jennifer Jones rink and the Australian national team...

 in 2010. Arnott will be the alternate for the Jennifer Jones team at the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 19 to February 27 at the Charlottetown Civic Centre in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island...

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External links

• World Curling Federation profile