Jennifer Carmichael "Jenn" Dodds MBE (born 1 October 1991) is a Scottish curler. She currently plays third on Team Rebecca Morrison and mixed doubles with Bruce Mouat, representing Scotland and Great Britain. She is the 2022 Olympic champion in women's curling and the 2021 World champion in mixed doubles curling.
| Jennifer Dodds MBE | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 October 1991 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Carrington CC |
| Skip | Sophie Jackson |
| Fourth | Rebecca Morrison |
| Third | Jennifer Dodds |
| Second | Sophie Sinclair |
| Alternate | Fay Henderson |
| Mixed doubles partner | Bruce Mouat |
Curling career  | |
| Member Association |  Scotland  Great Britain |
| World Championship appearances | 4 (2018, 2021, 2023, 2024) |
| World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances | 2 (2021, 2023) |
| European Championship appearances | 5 (2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024) |
| Olympic appearances | 1 (2022) |
Medal record | |
Career
editDodds played second for the Hannah Fleming junior rink that won a silver medal at the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships. While attending Edinburgh College, Dodds played on Fleming's team at the 2013 Winter Universiade, placing fourth.
Dodds left the Fleming rink in 2014, playing third for Lauren Gray for two seasons. The team won the 2015 Dumfries Challenger Series event on the World Curling Tour. In 2016, she returned to the Fleming rink as her third. The team won the 2018 Scottish Women's Curling Championship and defeated the Eve Muirhead Olympic team for the right to represent Scotland at the 2018 World Women's Curling Championship. There, the team missed the playoffs with a 5–7 record.
For the 2018–19 season, Dodds joined the Muirhead rink as third. At the first leg of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup, Dodds skipped the team due to Muirhead having a hip injury.[1] They finished in sixth with a 2–4 record.[2] She played in her first European Curling Championships at the 2018 European Curling Championships. The team had a disappointing performance, finishing with a 4–5 record and missing the playoffs.[3] At the 2019 Scottish Women's Curling Championships, the team qualified for the final but lost to Sophie Jackson 11–7.[4] In Grand Slam play, the team qualified for the playoffs in two of their three events with their best finish being at the Canadian Open where they lost in the semifinals.
Team Muirhead began the 2019–20 season by winning the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic.[5] At the 2019 European Curling Championships, the Muirhead rink reached the final where they lost to Sweden's Anna Hasselborg, claiming the silver medal.[6] In early January, they won the Mercure Perth Masters.[7] Team Muirhead claimed the 2020 Scottish Women's Curling Championship by defeating Maggie Wilson 8–3 in the championship game.[8] The team was set to represent Scotland at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship before the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9][10] In Grand Slam play, they played in three events and qualified in one of them, the 2019 National where they lost in the quarterfinals to Jennifer Jones.[11]
Due to the ongoing pandemic, a limited number of tour events were held during the 2020–21 season. Team Muirhead did play in a series of domestic events put on by the British Curling Association, where they won the January Challenge event and finished runner-up to Team Gina Aitken in the Elite Finals.[12][13] Dodds and her mixed doubles partner Bruce Mouat also won both mixed doubles events hosted by British Curling, which qualified to represent Scotland at the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.[14] A "curling bubble" was set up in Calgary, Canada in the spring, which hosted a number of events, including the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship and two slams.[15] Team Muirhead competed in both the 2021 Champions Cup and the 2021 Players' Championship, failing to qualify at both events. The next week, the team represented Scotland at the World's, finishing with a disappointing 6–7 record, in eighth place.[16] Right after the World Championship, Dodds travelled back home to Aberdeen, Scotland to compete in the World Mixed Doubles with Mouat. The pair had a strong showing, finishing the round robin with an 8–1 record, earning them a direct bye to the semifinals.[17] They then defeated Canada 7–4 in the semifinal and topped Norway 9–7 to claim the gold medal.[18]
Dodds was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to curling.[19]
Personal life
editBefore becoming a full-time curler, Dodds worked as an office assistant. [20] Her cousin Abigail Brown won the 2012 World Junior championships.[21]
Teams
edit| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12[22] | Jennifer Dodds | Rebecca Kesley | Mhairi Baird | Vicky Wright | |
| 2012–13 | Hannah Fleming | Lauren Gray | Jennifer Dodds | Abigail Brown | Vicky Wright |
| 2013–14 | Hannah Fleming | Lauren Gray | Jennifer Dodds | Alice Spence | |
| 2014–15 | Lauren Gray | Jennifer Dodds | Vicky Wright | Mhairi Baird | |
| 2015–16 | Lauren Gray | Jennifer Dodds | Vicky Wright | Mhairi Baird | |
| 2016–17 | Hannah Fleming | Jennifer Dodds | Alice Spence | Vicky Wright | |
| 2017–18 | Hannah Fleming | Jennifer Dodds | Alice Spence | Vicky Wright | Sophie Jackson |
| 2018–19 | Eve Muirhead | Jennifer Dodds | Vicki Chalmers | Lauren Gray | Vicky Wright |
| 2019–20 | Eve Muirhead | Lauren Gray | Jennifer Dodds | Vicky Wright | |
| 2020–21 | Eve Muirhead | Vicky Wright | Jennifer Dodds | Lauren Gray | Sophie Sinclair |
| 2021–22 | Eve Muirhead | Vicky Wright | Jennifer Dodds | Hailey Duff | Mili Smith |
| 2022–23 | Rebecca Morrison | Gina Aitken | Sophie Sinclair | Sophie Jackson | Jennifer Dodds |
| 2023–24 | Rebecca Morrison | Jennifer Dodds | Sophie Sinclair | Sophie Jackson | Gina Aitken |
| 2024–25 | Rebecca Morrison (Fourth) | Jennifer Dodds | Sophie Sinclair | Sophie Jackson (Skip) | Fay Henderson |
References
edit- ^ "Perthshire Curler Eve Muirhead to undergo surgery". Daily Record. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ "2018–19 Curling World Cup – First Leg Teams". Curling World Cup. Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ "2018 European Curling Championship". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ "2019 Scottish Women's Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ "2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ Cheyenne Boone (23 November 2019). "Sweden women defend European title on last stone thriller". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 25 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "2020 Perth Masters Finals". Perth Masters. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Team Muirhead – Scottish Curling Women's Champions 2020". Scottish Curling. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ The Canadian Press (12 March 2020). "World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled". The Sports Network. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada". World Curling Federation. 12 March 2020. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Video: – 2019 National Women's Quarterfinals – Eve Muirhead vs Jennifer Jones". CBC. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "British Curling NCA January Challenge – Women's". CurlingZone. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "British Curling NCA Women's Elite Finals". CurlingZone. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "DODDS AND MOUAT AIM TO MAKE HOME ADVANTAGE COUNT AT WORLD MIXED DOUBLES". British Curling. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "Women's Worlds added to bubble". Curling Canada. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ Jackie Spiegel (9 May 2021). "World Women's Curling Championship 2021: Results, standings, schedule and TV channel". Sporting News. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ Céline Stucki (21 May 2021). "Czech Republic claim fourth place in Group A to progress to Olympic Qualification game". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ Céline Stucki (23 May 2021). "Scotland win World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2021". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B19.
- ^ 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide
- ^ "2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ "Jennifer Dodds Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
External links
edit- Jennifer Dodds at World Curling
- Jennifer Dodds at Olympics.com
- Jennifer Dodds at Olympedia
- Jennifer Dodds at Team GB
- Jennifer Dodds at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived)
