Debbie Jones-Walker

Debbie Jones-Walker
Debbie Jones-Walker
	Curler
Born	March 23, 1953; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Team
Curling club	North Shore WC (Vancouver); Fort Rouge CC (Winnipeg)
Career
Member Association	British Columbia
Hearts appearances	8: (1984, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000)
World Championship; appearances	2 (1985, 1995)
Olympic; appearances	1 (1988) (demo)
Curling
Representing Canada
World Championships
Olympic Games (demonstration)
Representing British Columbia
Scott Tournament of Hearts
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
Canadian Mixed Championship

Deborah "Debbie" Jones-Walker (also known as Debbie Jones; born March 23, 1953[1] in Edmonton as Debbie Orr) is a Canadian former curler.

She is a 1985 World champion[2] and two-time Scott Tournament of Hearts champion (1985, 1995).

She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport. The Canadian women's team won the gold medal, defeating Sweden in the final.

Jones-Walker was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 1991.[3]

She is an honorary member of the North Shore Winter Club and was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.[3][4]

Teams

Women's

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Events
1983–84	Lindsay Sparkes	Linda Moore	Debbie Orr	Laurie Carney			STOH 1984
1984–85	Linda Moore	Lindsay Sparkes	Debbie Jones	Laurie Carney			STOH 1985 WCC 1985
1985–86	Linda Moore	Lindsay Sparkes	Debbie Jones	Laurie Carney	Rae Moir		STOH 1986
1987–88	Linda Moore	Lindsay Sparkes	Debbie Jones	Penny Ryan	Patti Vande (OG)		COCT 1987 OG 1988
1994–95	Connie Laliberte	Cathy Overton	Cathy Gauthier	Janet Arnott	Debbie Jones-Walker	Tom Clasper	STOH 1995 WCC 1995
1995–96	Connie Laliberte	Cathy Overton-Clapham	Cathy Gauthier	Janet Arnott	Debbie Jones-Walker		STOH 1996
1996–97	Janet Harvey	Debbie Jones-Walker	Carol Harvey	Alison Harvey	Karen Porritt		STOH 1997 (5th)
1998–99	Connie Laliberte	Cathy Overton-Clapham	Debbie Jones-Walker	Janet Arnott	Jill Staub		STOH 1999
1999–00	Connie Laliberte	Cathy Overton-Clapham	Debbie Jones-Walker	Janet Arnott	Jill Staub	Bob Moroz	STOH 2000
2012	Penny Shantz	Debbie Jones-Walker	Deborah Pulak	Shirley Wong			CSCC 2012 (10th)

Mixed

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Events
1977	Harold Tanasichuk	Rose Tanasichuk	Jim Kirkness	Debbie Orr	CMxCC 1977

References

"Debbie Jones | Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website". olympic.ca. 2011-09-19. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
Debbie Jones-Walker on the World Curling Federation database
"Jones-Walker, Deborah 'Debbie' — CCA Hall of Fame — ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle". Retrieved 2018-07-22.
"1985 Linda Moore Rink - BC Sports Hall of Fame". bcsportshall.com. Retrieved 2019-09-09.

External links

Debbie Walker at Olympedia

Debbie Walker at World Curling Federation

Debbie Walker at CurlingZone

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[olympic-1] "Debbie Jones | Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website". olympic.ca. 2011-09-19. Retrieved 2019-09-09.

[2] Debbie Jones-Walker on the World Curling Federation database

[hof-3] "Jones-Walker, Deborah 'Debbie' — CCA Hall of Fame — ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle". Retrieved 2018-07-22.

[bcsportshall-4] "1985 Linda Moore Rink - BC Sports Hall of Fame". bcsportshall.com. Retrieved 2019-09-09.

Olympic champions in women's curling
Demonstration events	1988: Moore, Sparkes, D. Jones, Ryan, Vande (CAN) 1992: Schöpp, Mayr, Wagner, Huth, Scheibel (GER)
Official events	1998: Schmirler, Betker, McCusker, Gudereit, Ford (CAN) 2002: Martin, Knox, MacDonald, Rankin, Morton (GBR) 2006: Norberg, Lund, Lindahl, Svärd, Bergman (SWE) 2010: Norberg, Lund, Lindahl, Le Moine, Bergström (SWE) 2014: J. Jones, Lawes, Officer, McEwen, Wall (CAN) 2018: Hasselborg, McManus, Knochenhauer, Mabergs, Wåhlin (SWE)