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From a family of curlers, at age 14, she joined the Mayflower Curling Club. At an early age, she gained success in competitive curling and was only 19 years old when she won the first of her 16 Nova Scotia curling titles that led to competing in the Canadian championships where she finished second. Jones graduated from Dalhousie University and went to work in broadcasting in her native Halifax.
In 1982 she became the youngest ever to win the Canadian ladies curling championship but career, marriage and a family slowed her down, a little. She joined CBC television as a reporter in 1986 and went on to cover numerous summer and winter Olympic Games.
In 1999, Jones won the Canadian curling title for the second time then did it again in 2001 when she also won the World Curling Championship in Lausanne, Switzerland. She followed this up with another Canadian championship in 2002 and then won it for a record setting fifth time in 2004 that also made her the first skip to win 4 straight Canadian titles. From there she went on to win her second World Curling Championship.
She has also participated in both Continental Cup s, and has been in 7 Canadian Mixed Curling Championships , where she has won 2 titles (as vice-skip).
Colleen Jones is a member of the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame.
Career Highlights:
Her teammates as of 2004 are: