Jocelyn Peterman

Biography

Jocelyn Peterman made her Olympic debut at Beijing 2022 in the women’s curling event.

Women’s Curling Career

Peterman fulfilled a lifelong dream in 2016 when, as the second for Team Chelsea Carey, she competed at her first Tournament of Hearts at just 22 years old. The dream got even better as they won the national title, sending Peterman to her first world championship where they made it to the bronze medal game.

In 2017, Peterman and Team Carey won the bronze medal at the Tournament of Hearts and were later the runners-up to Team Homan at the Canadian Curling Trials to determine Team Canada for PyeongChang 2018. At the end of the 2017-18 season, Peterman decided to move to Winnipeg to join Team Jennifer Jones, taking over the second position from Jill Officer who had decided to retire.

In her first season with Team Jones, Peterman won the 2018 Canada Cup and competed at the 2019 Tournament of Hearts. In 2020, they earned the wild card into the Tournament of Hearts where they went on to win the bronze medal.

After winning the Canadian Trials in November 2021, Team Jones became Team Canada at Beijing 2022. In Peterman’s Olympic debut, they finished with a 5-4 record and missed the playoffs by one spot.

For the 2022-23 season. Peterman joined a new team skipped by her Olympic teammate Kaitlyn Lawes. At the 2024 Tournament of Hearts they advanced to the playoff round, but were eliminated in the page 3v4 qualifier.

Mixed Doubles Career

Peterman has also enjoyed success in mixed doubles. In 2016, she and Brett Gallant, her partner both on and off the ice, won the Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials, the first ever mixed doubles event they had entered together. They would go on to win the 2019 Canadian Mixed Doubles Championship, which sent them to the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship where they won the silver medal.

In 2022, Peterman and Gallant were selected to represent Canada at that year’s World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship after the cancellation of the Canadian championship. They finished second in their pool but lost to Norway in the qualification playoff game and finished fifth overall. Peterman and Gallant reached the podium at the 2023 and 2024 Canadian Mixed Doubles Championships, finishing second and third, respectively.

At the Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials in January 2025, Peterman and Gallant went undefeated, capped off by an 8-7 victory over Rachel Homan and Brendan Bottcher in the final. That made them Team Canada for the 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.

Junior Career

As a junior, Peterman skipped her own team to the national title in 2012 and went on to compete at the 2012 World Junior Championships.

A Little More About Jocelyn

Getting into the Sport: Started curling at age 5 and began playing competitively at age 10… Outside Interests: Enjoys volunteering with Special Olympics curling… Certified exercise physiologist… Enjoys reading, travelling, recreational golf… Odds and Ends: Watching Cheryl Bernard compete at Vancouver 2010 was the defining moment when she decided she was going to do whatever was needed to stand in her shoes… Favourite quote: “It’s not the will to win that matters – everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.”