Jessica Smith (curler)

Jessica Smith
Jessica Smith
Curler ♀
Born	29 September 1997; Ranfurly, New Zealand
Team
Curling club	Dunedin CC, Dunedin[1]
Skip	Jessica Smith
Third	Courtney Smith
Second	Bridget Becker
Lead	Natalie Thurlow
Alternate	Holly Thompson
Mixed doubles; partner	Ben Smith
Curling career
Member Association	New Zealand
World Championship; appearances	1 (2023)
Pacific-Asia Championship; appearances	1 (2017)
Pan Continental Championship; appearances	2 (2022, 2023)
Medal record
Curling
New Zealand Women's Championship
New Zealand Mixed Doubles Championship

Jessica (Jess) Smith (born 29 September 1997) is a New Zealand curler.[2]

At the international level, she competed at the 2023 World Women's Championship (first-ever Worlds for the New Zealand women's curling team), Pacific-Asia Championships 2017 and the 2022 Pan Continental Championships.

At the national level, she is a New Zealand women's and mixed doubles champion curler.

Teams and events

Women's

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Events
2013–14	Eleanor Adviento	Tessa Farley	Holly Thompson	Jessica Smith	Waverley Taylor	Liz Matthews	PAJCC 2014 (4th)
2014—15	Eleanor Adviento	Waverley Taylor	Jessica Smith	Holly Thompson	Eloise Pointon	Nelson Ede	PAJCC 2015
2015—16	Wendy Becker	Bridget Becker	Jessica Smith	Holly Thompson			NZWCC 2015
2015—16	Eleanor Adviento	Jessica Smith	Waverley Taylor	Holly Thompson	Emma Sutherland	Nelson Ede	WJBCC 2016 (5th)
2016—17	Jessica Smith	Holly Thompson	Waverley Taylor	Bridget Becker	Anna de Boer		NZWCC 2016
2016—17	Jessica Smith	Holly Thompson	Emma Sutherland	Courtney Smith	Eloise Pointon	Nelson Ede	WJBCC 2017 (16th)
2017—18	Bridget Becker	Jessica Smith	Holly Thompson	Emma Sutherland			NZWCC 2017
	Bridget Becker	Jessica Smith	Thivya Jeyaranjan	Holly Thompson	Emma Sutherland	Nelson Ede	PACC 2017 (5th)
	Jessica Smith	Holly Thompson	Emma Sutherland	Courtney Smith	Mhairi-Bronté Duncan	Nelson Ede, Peter Becker	WJBCC 2018 (4th)
2018—19	Jessica Smith	Holly Thompson	Mhairi-Bronté Duncan	Courtney Smith			NZWCC 2018
	Bridget Becker	Natalie Thurlow	Abby Peddie	Eloise Pointon	Jessica Smith	Peter de Boer	2019 WQE (8th)
	Jessica Smith	Holly Thompson	Mhairi-Bronté Duncan	Courtney Smith	Lucy Neilson	Nelson Ede	WJBCC 2019 (Jan) (12th)
2019—20	Jessica Smith	Holly Thompson	Mhairi-Bronté Duncan	Jennifer Stewart			NZWCC 2019
2020—21	Jessica Smith	Holly Thompson	Jennifer Stewart	Ruby Kinney			NZWCC 2020
2022—23	Jessica Smith	Holly Thompson	Natalie Thurlow	Bridget Becker			NZWCC 2022
	Jessica Smith	Holly Thompson	Natalie Thurlow	Bridget Becker	Ruby Kinney	Nelson Ede	PCCC 2022 (5th)
	Jessica Smith	Holly Thompson	Bridget Becker	Natalie Thurlow	Ruby Kinney	Nelson Ede	WWCC 2023 (13th)
2023—24	Jessica Smith	Holly Thompson	Bridget Becker	Natalie Thurlow			NZWCC 2023
	Jessica Smith	Courtney Smith	Bridget Becker	Natalie Thurlow	Holly Thompson		PCCC 2023

Mixed doubles

Season	Female	Male	Events
2013–14	Jessica Smith	Joshua Whyte	NZMDCC 2013 (9th)
2014–15	Jessica Smith	Peter Becker	NZMDCC 2014 (9th)
2016–17	Jessica Smith	Ben Smith	NZMDCC 2016
2017–18	Jessica Smith	Ben Smith	NZMDCC 2017 (5th)
2018–19	Jessica Smith	Ben Smith	NZMDCC 2018
2019–20	Jessica Smith	Ben Smith	NZMDCC 2019
2020–21	Jessica Smith	Ben Smith	NZMDCC 2020 (4th)
2022–23	Jessica Smith	Ben Smith	NZMDCC 2022
2023–24	Jessica Smith	Ben Smith	NZMDCC 2023

Personal life

Her brother[3] Ben is also a curler;[4] the pair won the New Zealand Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in 2018 and 2019.[5]

In 2020, at the age of 23, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma cancer,[6]; and after a difficult treatment, she recovered and returned to the ice, including the international stage, leading the New Zealand women's team to win the right to play at the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship for the first time in Women's World Curling Championship history.[4]

References

Dunedin Curling - New Zealand Curling
Jessica Smith on the World Curling Federation database
"NZ women ready to 'move granite' at first Curling World Championships outing". Stuff.co.nz.
"From cancer diagnosis to curling world championships". Olympics.com. 21 April 2023. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. It was in April 2020, just after then 23-year-old Smith and her brother Ben found out
"NZ Mixed Doubles Curling Championship". Curling New Zealand. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
"New Zealand's Jess Smith back on international stage following cancer battle". World Curling Federation. 3 November 2022. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023.

External links

Jessica Smith at the World Curling Federation
Jessica Smith on the CurlingZone database
Jessica Smith on Facebook
"Recapping the Pan-Continental Championships with guests - Jess Smith (NZ) and EJ Harnden (CAN)". From The Hack. 9 November 2022.
"Three Players Star (Again) at New Zealand Curling Finals - The Curling News". Sports Illustrated. 26 June 2022. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022.
"High stakes for NZ curling team". The News. 2 March 2023. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023.

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[1] Dunedin Curling - New Zealand Curling

[2] Jessica Smith on the World Curling Federation database

[3] "NZ women ready to 'move granite' at first Curling World Championships outing". Stuff.co.nz.

[canc-4] "From cancer diagnosis to curling world championships". Olympics.com. 21 April 2023. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. It was in April 2020, just after then 23-year-old Smith and her brother Ben found out

[5] "NZ Mixed Doubles Curling Championship". Curling New Zealand. Retrieved 5 April 2023.

[6] "New Zealand's Jess Smith back on international stage following cancer battle". World Curling Federation. 3 November 2022. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023.