Marcel Rocque

Marcel Rocque (born June 22, 1971 in St. Paul, Alberta) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. He is a four-time winner of The Brier, the annual Canadian men's curling championship and a three-time World Champion as the lead for the Randy Ferbey team. Rocque would play in two Alberta provincial championships as a lead for Don Walchuk before joining the Ferbey team by 1999.

Marcel Rocque
Curler
Career
Brier appearances5 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
World Championship
appearances		4 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005)
Top CTRS ranking2nd (2004-05 & 2005-06)
Grand Slam victories3: World Cup/Masters (Feb 2006);
Players (2006, 2009)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Canada
World Championships
2002 Bismarck
2003 Winnipeg
2005 Victoria
Representing  Alberta
Brier
2005 Edmonton
2003 Halifax
2002 Calgary
2001 Ottawa
2004 Saskatoon

In 2019, Rocque finished second in a TSN poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers to name the greatest Canadian male lead in curling history.[1]


Coaching

Marcel Rocque began coaching the Chinese women's team in 2013 and was the coach for the China's Men Curling team for the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Russia. He helped the team reach the fourth position in final rankings. He was also the coach for China Mixed Doubles at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Starting in the 2018-19 curling season, he became the coach for Team Homan.[2]

Personal life

Rocque is a third cousin to curler Kelsey Rocque. His wife Raylene is also a curler, and until the end of the 2009/2010 Season played with Cathy King's team. Cathy and Raylene have now retired from the game. He has two daughters and is employed as a culinary teacher.[3]

References
  1. Horne, Ryan (4 March 2019). "Canada's Greatest Curlers: Hebert edges Rocque for best lead". TSN. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  2. Press, Gregory Strong, The Canadian (2018-09-11). "Rocque in play: Homan fills vacancy by turning to coach from team's past". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  3. 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Mead Guide: Team Ontario
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