Joëlle Sabourin

{{short description|Canadian curler}}

{{Infobox curler

| name = Joëlle Sabourin

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| gender = F

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|5|28|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Hull, Quebec, Canada

| Curling club = Club de Curling Thurso, Thurso

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| Member Association = {{QC}}
{{ON}} (2003–07)

| Hearts appearances = 8 ({{STOH|1994}}, {{STOH|1997}}, {{STOH|1999}}, {{STOH|2000}}, {{STOH|2005}}, {{STOH|2008}}, {{STOH|2009}}, {{STOH|2011}})

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{{MedalSport | Curling}}

{{MedalCompetition | Scotties Tournament of Hearts}}

{{MedalBronze | 2009 Victoria | }}

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Joëlle Sabourin (born May 28, 1972) is a Canadian curler from Gatineau.

Born in Hull, Quebec, Canada, Sabourin is a five-time provincial champion for her native Quebec, earning her the right to play at five national championships (the Scotties Tournament of Hearts). In {{STOH|1997}} she won as Chantal Osborne's second, in {{STOH|1999}} and {{STOH|2000}} as Janique Berthelot's third, and in {{STOH|2008}} and {{STOH|2009}} playing lead for Marie-France Larouche. Three times she played in the Scotties as an alternate: in {{STOH|1994}} for Agnes Charette, in {{STOH|2005}} for Ontario's Jenn Hanna and in {{STOH|2011}} for Marie-France Larouche.

In 2001 Sabourin won the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship playing lead for Jean-Michel Ménard.

From 2004 to 2007, Sabourin played in Ontario for Jenn Hanna. In 2004 and 2006 she was the team's third. In 2005, when she was pregnant, Sabourin was the team's alternate.{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120715025019/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Curling/TournamentOfHearts/2005/02/22/938762.html Few spare moments for Ontario's fifth]}} It was that season that the team lost in the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts finals to Jennifer Jones. In 2007, Sabourin played lead[http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/sports/story.html?id=a3fbe09a-bb62-4bfd-8d4e-43f984ca6b06 It seems change has been good for Hanna and her Ottawa rink] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110083531/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/sports/story.html?id=a3fbe09a-bb62-4bfd-8d4e-43f984ca6b06 |date=2012-11-10 }} and second for the team before leaving it to play for Larouche. In 2010 season Sabourin joined Chantal Osborne and now plays third stones. Sabourin will play five major events on the curling tour, at the beginning of 2011, with Jennifer Jones, as a replacement for Jill Officer who will be on maternity leave from September to December.{{cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling/story/?id=368389 |title=Report: Sabourin to replace Officer during pregnancy leave |publisher=TSN |date=2011-06-09 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020180021/https://www.tsn.ca/curling/story/?id=368389 |archivedate=2012-10-20 }}{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120714215459/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Curling/2011/06/01/18225281.html ]}} Although Sabourin was initially planning to take the year off, she will also play several tour events with her Quebec team.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldcurlingtour.com/teamslist.php?eventtypeid=51 |title=World Curling Tour |accessdate=2012-05-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205165718/http://www.worldcurlingtour.com/teamslist.php?eventtypeid=51 |archivedate=2012-02-05 }}