Jennifer Dodds

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| name = Jennifer Dodds
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|10|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

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| Curling club = Carrington CC

| Skip = Sophie Jackson

| Fourth = Rebecca Morrison

| Third = Jennifer Dodds

| Second = Sophie Sinclair

| Alternate = Fay Henderson

| Mixed doubles partner = Bruce Mouat

| Member Association = {{SCO}}
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| World Championship appearances = 5 ({{WWCC|2018}}, {{WWCC|2021}}, {{WWCC|2023}}, {{WWCC|2024}}, {{WWCC|2025}})

| World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances = 3 ({{WMDCC|2021}}, {{WMDCC|2023}}, {{WMDCC|2025}})

| European Championship appearances = 5 ({{EuCC|2018}}, {{EuCC|2019}}, {{EuCC|2021}}, {{EuCC|2023}}, {{EuCC|2024}})

| Olympic appearances = 1 (2022)

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Jennifer Carmichael Dodds (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.

Career

Dodds 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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/perthshire-curler-eve-muirhead-undergo-12314150 |title=Perthshire Curler Eve Muirhead to undergo surgery |website=Daily Record |date=6 April 2018 |access-date=2 September 2019}} They finished in sixth with a 2–4 record.{{Cite web |url=https://www.curlingworldcup.com/events/first-leg-suzhou-china?p=teams |title=2018–19 Curling World Cup – First Leg Teams |website=Curling World Cup |access-date=2 September 2019 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909221907/https://www.curlingworldcup.com/events/first-leg-suzhou-china?p=teams |url-status=dead}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/629 |title=2018 European Curling Championship |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=2 September 2019}} At the 2019 Scottish Women's Curling Championships, the team qualified for the final but lost to Sophie Jackson 11–7.{{Cite web |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=5776&eventtypeid=82&view=Main#1 |title=2019 Scottish Women's Curling Championship |website=CurlingZone |access-date=2 September 2019}} 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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=5846#1 |title=2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic |website=CurlingZone |access-date=26 July 2020}} At the 2019 European Curling Championships, the Muirhead rink reached the final where they lost to Sweden's Anna Hasselborg, claiming the silver medal.{{Cite news |url=https://worldcurling.org/2019/11/ecc2019-women-gold/ |title=Sweden women defend European title on last stone thriller |work=World Curling Federation |author=Cheyenne Boone |date=23 November 2019 |access-date=11 November 2020 |archive-date=25 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191125080428/http://worldcurling.org/2019/11/ecc2019-women-gold/ |url-status=dead}} In early January, they won the Mercure Perth Masters.{{Cite web |url=https://www.perthmasters.com/finals-2020/ |title=2020 Perth Masters Finals |website=Perth Masters |access-date=11 November 2020}} Team Muirhead claimed the 2020 Scottish Women's Curling Championship by defeating Maggie Wilson 8–3 in the championship game.{{Cite news |url=https://www.scottishcurling.org/team-muirhead-scottish-curling-womens-champions-2020/ |title=Team Muirhead – Scottish Curling Women's Champions 2020 |website=Scottish Curling |date=15 February 2020 |access-date=11 November 2020}} 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.{{Cite news |url=https://www.tsn.ca/cp-newsalert-world-women-s-curling-championship-cancelled-1.1456723 |title=World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled |website=The Sports Network |author=The Canadian Press |date=12 March 2020 |access-date=11 November 2020}}{{Cite news |url=https://worldcurling.org/2020/03/wwcc2020-cancelled/ |title=World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada |date=12 March 2020 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=11 November 2020 |archive-date=14 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314163901/https://worldcurling.org/2020/03/wwcc2020-cancelled/ |url-status=dead}} 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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1657672771593 |title=Video: – 2019 National Women's Quarterfinals – Eve Muirhead vs Jennifer Jones |website=CBC |access-date=11 November 2020}}

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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=6822#1 |title=British Curling NCA January Challenge – Women's |website=CurlingZone |access-date=6 June 2021}}{{Cite web |url=https://curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=6839#1 |title=British Curling NCA Women's Elite Finals |website=CurlingZone |access-date=6 June 2021}} 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.{{Cite news |url=http://www.britishcurling.org.uk/news/14-may-2021-dodds-and-mouat-aim-to-make-home-advantage-count-at-world-mixed-doubles.asp |title=DODDS AND MOUAT AIM TO MAKE HOME ADVANTAGE COUNT AT WORLD MIXED DOUBLES |publisher=British Curling |date=14 May 2021 |access-date=6 June 2021}} 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.{{Cite news |url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/03/05/womens-worlds-added-to-bubble/ |title=Women's Worlds added to bubble |publisher=Curling Canada |date=5 March 2021 |access-date=9 May 2021}} 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.{{Cite news |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/other-sports/news/world-womens-curling-championship-2021-results-standings-schedule-tv-channel/u71y40j4c3avz93qns1vkuc3 |title=World Women's Curling Championship 2021: Results, standings, schedule and TV channel |publisher=Sporting News |author=Jackie Spiegel |date=9 May 2021 |access-date=6 June 2021}} 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.{{Cite news |url=https://worldcurling.org/2021/05/wmdcc2021-a9/ |title=Czech Republic claim fourth place in Group A to progress to Olympic Qualification game |publisher=World Curling Federation |author=Céline Stucki |date=21 May 2021 |access-date=6 June 2021}} They then defeated Canada 7–4 in the semifinal and topped Norway 9–7 to claim the gold medal.{{Cite news |url=https://worldcurling.org/2021/05/wmdcc2021-gold/ |title=Scotland win World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2021 |publisher=World Curling Federation |author=Céline Stucki |date=23 May 2021 |access-date=6 June 2021}}

Dodds was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to curling.{{London Gazette|issue=63714|supp=y|page=B19|date=1 June 2022}}

Personal life

Before becoming a full-time curler, Dodds worked as an office assistant.2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide Her cousin Abigail Brown won the 2012 World Junior championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2020/03/2020-World-Womens-Curling-Championship-media-guide.pdf |title=2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Curling Canada |access-date=2020-03-09 |quote=}}

Teams

class="wikitable"
scope="col"\| Season ! scope="col"\| Skip ! scope="col"\| Third ! scope="col"\| Second ! scope="col"\| Lead ! scope="col"\| Alternate
scope="row"\| 2011–12{{Cite web \|url=http://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=24538&view=Teams#1 \|title=Jennifer Dodds Past Teams \|website=CurlingZone \|accessdate=11 November 2020}} \| Jennifer Dodds \|\| Rebecca Kesley \|\| Mhairi Baird \|\| Vicky Wright \|\|
scope="row"\| 2012–13 \| Hannah Fleming \|\| Lauren Gray \|\| Jennifer Dodds \|\| Abigail Brown \|\| Vicky Wright
scope="row"\| 2013–14 \| Hannah Fleming \|\| Lauren Gray \|\| Jennifer Dodds \|\| Alice Spence \|\|
scope="row"\| 2014–15 \| Lauren Gray \|\| Jennifer Dodds \|\| Vicky Wright \|\| Mhairi Baird \|\|
scope="row"\| 2015–16 \| Lauren Gray \|\| Jennifer Dodds \|\| Vicky Wright \|\| Mhairi Baird \|\|
scope="row"\| 2016–17 \| Hannah Fleming \|\| Jennifer Dodds \|\| Alice Spence \|\| Vicky Wright \|\|
scope="row"\| 2017–18 \| Hannah Fleming \|\| Jennifer Dodds \|\| Alice Spence \|\| Vicky Wright \|\| Sophie Jackson
scope="row"\| 2018–19 \| Eve Muirhead \|\| Jennifer Dodds \|\| Vicki Chalmers \|\| Lauren Gray \|\| Vicky Wright
scope="row"\| 2019–20 \| Eve Muirhead \|\| Lauren Gray \|\| Jennifer Dodds \|\| Vicky Wright \|\|
scope="row"\| 2020–21 \| Eve Muirhead \|\| Vicky Wright \|\| Jennifer Dodds \|\| Lauren Gray \|\| Sophie Sinclair
scope="row"\| 2021–22 \| Eve Muirhead \|\| Vicky Wright \|\| Jennifer Dodds \|\| Hailey Duff \|\| Mili Smith
scope="row"\| 2022–23 \| Rebecca Morrison \|\| Gina Aitken \|\| Sophie Sinclair \|\| Sophie Jackson \|\| Jennifer Dodds
scope="row"\| 2023–24 \| Rebecca Morrison \|\| Jennifer Dodds \|\| Sophie Sinclair \|\| Sophie Jackson \|\| Gina Aitken
scope="row"\| 2024–25 \| Rebecca Morrison (Fourth) \|\| Jennifer Dodds \|\| Sophie Sinclair \|\| Sophie Jackson (Skip) \|\| Fay Henderson
scope="row"\| 2025–26 \| Rebecca Morrison (Fourth) \|\| Jennifer Dodds \|\| Sophie Sinclair \|\| Sophie Jackson (Skip) \|\| Fay Henderson

class="wikitable"

scope="col"| Season

! scope="col"| Skip

! scope="col"| Third

! scope="col"| Second

! scope="col"| Lead

! scope="col"| Alternate

scope="row"| 2011–12{{Cite web |url=http://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=24538&view=Teams#1 |title=Jennifer Dodds Past Teams |website=CurlingZone |accessdate=11 November 2020}}

| Jennifer Dodds || Rebecca Kesley || Mhairi Baird || Vicky Wright ||

scope="row"| 2012–13

| Hannah Fleming || Lauren Gray || Jennifer Dodds || Abigail Brown || Vicky Wright

scope="row"| 2013–14

| Hannah Fleming || Lauren Gray || Jennifer Dodds || Alice Spence ||

scope="row"| 2014–15

| Lauren Gray || Jennifer Dodds || Vicky Wright || Mhairi Baird ||

scope="row"| 2015–16

| Lauren Gray || Jennifer Dodds || Vicky Wright || Mhairi Baird ||

scope="row"| 2016–17

| Hannah Fleming || Jennifer Dodds || Alice Spence || Vicky Wright ||

scope="row"| 2017–18

| Hannah Fleming || Jennifer Dodds || Alice Spence || Vicky Wright || Sophie Jackson

scope="row"| 2018–19

| Eve Muirhead || Jennifer Dodds || Vicki Chalmers || Lauren Gray || Vicky Wright

scope="row"| 2019–20

| Eve Muirhead || Lauren Gray || Jennifer Dodds || Vicky Wright ||

scope="row"| 2020–21

| Eve Muirhead || Vicky Wright || Jennifer Dodds || Lauren Gray || Sophie Sinclair

scope="row"| 2021–22

| Eve Muirhead || Vicky Wright || Jennifer Dodds || Hailey Duff || Mili Smith

scope="row"| 2022–23

| Rebecca Morrison || Gina Aitken || Sophie Sinclair || Sophie Jackson || Jennifer Dodds

scope="row"| 2023–24

| Rebecca Morrison || Jennifer Dodds || Sophie Sinclair || Sophie Jackson || Gina Aitken

scope="row"| 2024–25

| Rebecca Morrison (Fourth) || Jennifer Dodds || Sophie Sinclair || Sophie Jackson (Skip) || Fay Henderson

scope="row"| 2025–26

| Rebecca Morrison (Fourth) || Jennifer Dodds || Sophie Sinclair || Sophie Jackson (Skip) || Fay Henderson

References

External links

{{Sports links}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20220220193944/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-profile-n1044148-jennifer-dodds.htm Jennifer Dodds] at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived)

Category:1991 births

Category:Living people

Category:Scottish female curlers

Category:British female curlers

Category:World mixed doubles curling champions

Category:Continental Cup of Curling participants

Category:Olympic curlers for Great Britain

Category:Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain

Category:Olympic medalists in curling

Category:Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Category:Scottish Olympic competitors

Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire

Category:Curlers from Edinburgh

Category:21st-century Scottish sportswomen