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Quick facts for kids Rachel Homan |
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Homan at the 2018 WCT Arctic Cup
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| Other names | Rachel Germain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rachel Catherine Homan
April 5, 1989 |
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| Curling club | Ottawa CC, Ottawa, ON Sherwood Park CC, Sherwood Park, AB |
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| Skip | Rachel Homan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Tracy Fleury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Emma Miskew | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Sarah Wilkes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternate | Rachelle Brown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brendan Bottcher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Ontario |
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| Hearts appearances | 11 (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances |
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| Top CTRS ranking | 1st (2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2023–24, 2024–25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam victories | 17 (2012 Masters, 2013 Masters, 2015 Masters, 2015 National, 2015 Canadian Open, 2017 Champions Cup, 2018 Champions Cup, 2018 Tour Challenge, 2018 National, 2019 Canadian Open, 2021 Champions Cup, 2022 Tour Challenge, 2023 Champions Cup, 2023 Masters, 2024 Canadian Open (Jan.), 2024 Canadian Open (Nov.), 2024 National) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian curler who is known around the world. She is currently the women's world champion. Rachel has won many big titles as a skip, which is the team leader in curling. These include five Canadian national championships (called the Scotties Tournament of Hearts) and three World Championships. She also led the Canadian women's curling team at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Rachel Homan had a great junior career. She finished second at the 2009 Canadian Junior Curling Championships and won the championship in 2010. She also earned a silver medal at the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships. As a senior player, Rachel has won nine medals at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. She has five gold medals (in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2024, and 2025), three silver medals (in 2019, 2020, and 2021), and one bronze medal (in 2015).
She has competed in five World Women's Curling Championships. She won gold three times (in 2017, 2024, and 2025), silver in 2014, and bronze in 2013. Rachel has also played in three Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. She finished third in 2013, won in 2017, and finished last in 2021. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, her team placed sixth. In 2019, The Sports Network (TSN) named Rachel Homan the fourth-greatest Canadian female curler ever.
Contents
- Rachel Homan's Curling Journey
- Starting Young: Bantam and Junior Years (2003–2010)
- Becoming a Senior Player (2010–2012)
- Winning Scotties and World Bronze (2012–2013)
- Back-to-Back Scotties and World Silver (2013–2014)
- New Teammate: Joanne Courtney (2014–2017)
- Olympic Journey (2017–2018)
- After the Olympics (2018–2020)
- Sarah Wilkes Joins the Team (2020–2022)
- Tracy Fleury Joins as Third (2022–Present)
- About Rachel Homan's Life
- Images for kids
- See also
Rachel Homan's Curling Journey
Starting Young: Bantam and Junior Years (2003–2010)
Rachel Homan started curling when she was just five years old. She played in the Little Rock program at the Rideau Curling Club in Ottawa. When she was under 16 (bantam-aged), she won four provincial championships in a row from 2003 to 2006. No other curler had won even twice!
In 2006, she won the Optimist International Under-18 Curling Tournament. Her team then went to the 2007 Canada Winter Games in Whitehorse, Yukon. There, Rachel led Team Ontario to a gold medal.
During her first two years as a junior, Rachel did not win a provincial championship. But in 2009, her team won the provincial junior championship. This earned them a spot at the 2009 Canadian Junior Curling Championships. Her team had a great record but lost in the final to Kaitlyn Lawes from Manitoba.
In 2010, Rachel won the provincial championship again. Her team, with Emma Miskew, Laura Crocker, and Lynn Kreviazuk, won the junior national title. They were undefeated with 13 wins and 0 losses! This was only the fourth women's team to do that. The team then represented Canada at the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships in Switzerland. They lost only one game in the round robin. However, they lost in the final to Sweden's team.
Even as a junior, Rachel's team played in bigger events. They won the Southwestern Ontario Women's Charity Cashspiel twice. In 2007, they beat then-World Champion Jennifer Jones in a semifinal. In 2009, her team won the AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic. Her team was named the World Curling Tour's "rookie team of the year" in 2009.
Becoming a Senior Player (2010–2012)
In 2011, Rachel Homan qualified for and won the 2011 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts. At the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Rachel's Ontario team finished third. They made it to the semifinal but lost. They then lost the bronze medal game.
In April 2011, Rachel played third for her brother Mark. They won the 2012 Ontario Mixed Championship. Later in 2011, Rachel's women's team reached their first ever Grand Slam final. They lost to Jennifer Jones in the final of the 2011 Players' Championship.
Rachel qualified for the provincial Scotties Tournament of Hearts again in 2012. Her team was undefeated in the round robin. But they lost in the final. Rachel missed her last shot, giving up three points and losing the game.
Winning Scotties and World Bronze (2012–2013)
In the 2012–13 season, Rachel's team reached two Grand Slam finals early on. They then won their first-ever Grand Slam title at the 2012 Masters of Curling. They beat Chelsea Carey in the final.
Later that season, Rachel qualified for her second Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Her team went undefeated in the Ontario championship. At the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Kingston, Ontario, Rachel's team lost only one game in the round robin. In their first playoff game, they beat Jennifer Jones. This put them in the final, where they faced Jones again and won! Rachel's team became the first Ottawa-based team to win the Canadian women's curling championship.
This win meant Rachel and her team would represent Canada at the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship in Latvia. At the Worlds, Rachel's team finished third in the round robin. They won the bronze medal game against the United States.
Back-to-Back Scotties and World Silver (2013–2014)
Starting the 2013–14 season, Rachel's team won the 2013 Masters. They beat Eve Muirhead in the final.
Rachel's team had done so well that they automatically qualified for the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. They made it to the playoffs but lost in the semifinal. This ended their hopes for the 2014 Olympics.
As the defending champions, Rachel's team represented Team Canada at the 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Montreal. They went through the entire tournament undefeated! They beat Val Sweeting in the final. Rachel became the youngest skip ever to win back-to-back Scotties titles. She also won the MVP award for the tournament.
Rachel's 2014 Scotties win earned her team a spot at the 2014 World Women's Curling Championship in Saint John, New Brunswick. They finished first in the round robin. They made it to the final but lost to Switzerland. Rachel and her team earned a silver medal.
The team's second, Alison Kreviazuk, left the team after this season. She was replaced by Joanne Courtney from Edmonton.
New Teammate: Joanne Courtney (2014–2017)
2014–2015 Season
With Joanne Courtney joining, the team had a slightly different season. They didn't win any Grand Slam events but reached two finals. They also lost in the final of the 2014 Canada Cup of Curling. As defending champions, they played at the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. They finished fourth and won the bronze medal game. That season, they won one World Curling Tour event and the first-ever 2015 Pinty's All-Star Curling Skins Game.
2015–2016 Season
The team had a fantastic start to the 2015–16 season. They won six World Curling Tour events in a row! This included three Grand Slams: the 2015 Masters of Curling, the 2015 National, and the 2015 Canadian Open of Curling. They were ranked number one in the world. However, they were upset in the final of the 2016 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts. This meant they couldn't play in the national championships that year. The team made history by being the first women's team to compete in a men's Grand Slam event, the 2016 Elite 10.
2016–2017 Season
Rachel's team started the 2016–17 season by winning two events. They then reached two Grand Slam finals, losing both. They also lost in the final of the 2016 Canada Cup of Curling. At the 2017 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, they won their provincial title. At the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Team Homan defeated Manitoba's Michelle Englot to win her third Scotties title.
At the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship in Beijing, Rachel's team made history. They became the first team ever to go undefeated throughout the entire tournament, winning the gold medal! This was Rachel's first world title. The Homan team finished the season by winning the 2017 Humpty's Champions Cup.
Olympic Journey (2017–2018)
Rachel Homan's team started the 2017–18 season by winning two events. Then, they won the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in their hometown of Ottawa. This meant they would represent Canada at the Olympics!
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Rachel's team had a tough start, losing their first three games. They won their next three games but then lost two more, which meant they were out of medal contention. They finished in sixth place. This was the first time a Canadian Olympic curling team did not play for a medal. The team finished the season by winning the 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup.
After the Olympics (2018–2020)
2018–2019 Season
Team Homan began the 2018–19 season by winning the first part of the Curling World Cup. They then won two more Grand Slam events: the 2018 Tour Challenge and the 2018 National. The next month, Rachel won her third Grand Slam of the season, the 2019 Meridian Canadian Open.
Her team played in the 2019 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts and won their fourth provincial title. At the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, her team made it to the final but lost to Chelsea Carey in an extra end. In 2019, Rachel Homan was named the fourth-greatest Canadian female curler in history by TSN.
2019–2020 Season
In the 2019–20 season, Team Homan won the 2019 Colonial Square Ladies Classic. They also won the first spot in the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials by defeating Tracy Fleury in the final of the 2019 Canada Cup. The team went undefeated at the 2020 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts. At the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, they won their second straight silver medal, losing the final to Kerri Einarson.
Sarah Wilkes Joins the Team (2020–2022)
In March 2020, the team announced that Sarah Wilkes would join as their new second player. Joanne Courtney moved to the lead position.
2020–2021 Season
The 2021 Ontario provincial championships were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the 2020 provincial champions, Homan's team was chosen to represent Ontario at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary. Rachel was eight months pregnant during the tournament! She had a great round robin and made it to the final. There, they lost to Kerri Einarson. Rachel was named Second Team All-Star skip for the tournament.
A month after the Scotties, Rachel gave birth to her second child. She still played in the two Grand Slams at the end of the season. At the first Slam, the 2021 Champions Cup, she won her 11th career Slam title. A week later, she reached the final of the 2021 Players' Championship but lost to Einarson.
2021–2022 Season
Team Homan reached the quarterfinals of their first two Slams in the 2021–22 season. Next, they played in the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials but did not have a good week.
Rachel Homan was chosen to represent Canada in the mixed doubles event at the 2022 Olympics. Her teammates Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes and Joanne Courtney played at the Scotties as Team Wild Card #3, adding Allison Flaxey to their lineup. They finished with a 4–4 record and did not make the playoffs.
At the mixed doubles event at the Olympics, Rachel and her partner John Morris finished with a 5–4 record. They missed the playoffs by a tiny margin. Team Homan later won the postponed Ontario Hearts. They finished their season by reaching the semifinals at the 2022 Players' Championship.
In March 2022, Joanne Courtney decided to step back from competitive curling. It was announced that Tracy Fleury would join the team for the 2022–23 season.
Tracy Fleury Joins as Third (2022–Present)
2022–2023 Season
In August 2022, it was announced that Tracy Fleury would be the skip, but Rachel Homan would continue to throw the last rocks. Emma Miskew moved to the second position. The new team reached the final of their first event. They also won the 2022 Tour Challenge, which was Rachel's 12th career Grand Slam title. In November, they won another Tour event. In December, they reached the final of the 2022 Masters.
In January, the team won the 2023 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Rachel's seventh provincial championship. They represented Ontario at the 2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts but were eliminated in the Championship round. In April, Team Homan won the 2023 Champions Cup, Rachel's 13th Grand Slam title. Rachel took over as skip at this event because she was pregnant.
2023–2024 Season
At the start of the 2023–24 season, Rachel Homan officially took over as skip, with Tracy Fleury as third. The team also got a new coach, Don Bartlett. Rachel missed the first event because she had just given birth to her third child. With a substitute player, the team won the 2023 Saville Shootout.
Rachel returned for the 2023 PointsBet Invitational, where they won the title and $50,000. The team then won two Grand Slams in a row: the 2023 Masters (Rachel's 14th Slam) and the Canadian Open (her 15th Slam).
New rules allowed Team Homan to go straight to the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. At the Hearts, the team went undefeated, winning all 11 of their games, including the final against Jennifer Jones. This was Rachel's fourth Scotties title.
With the Scotties win, the team represented Canada at the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship. Rachel led Canada to an amazing 11–1 record in the round robin. They even ended Switzerland's 42-game winning streak at the Women's Worlds! In the final, they faced the four-time defending World Champion Swiss team. Rachel made a fantastic shot in the ninth end to score three points, giving her team the lead. Switzerland gave up in the 10th end, making Rachel a two-time World Champion!
Team Homan finished the 2023–24 season with an incredible 67 wins and only 7 losses.
2024–2025 Season
To start the 2024–25 season, Team Homan won their first event, the 2024 Shorty Jenkins Classic. Two weeks later, they won their second straight PointsBet Invitational. The following week, they reached the final of the 2024 Tour Challenge Grand Slam.
A month later, Rachel and her team represented Canada at the 2024 Pan Continental Curling Championships. They won the gold medal, going undefeated in the event! A week after that, Rachel won her 16th career Grand Slam at the Canadian Open. The team was undefeated again, winning all seven of their games.
In mixed doubles, Rachel and her partner Brendan Bottcher qualified for the 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials. They made it to the final but lost.
A week later, Rachel won her second straight Slam at the 2024 National. This was the team's 23rd straight win! It was Rachel's 17th career Slam title, tying her with Jennifer Jones for the most ever. Team Homan reached the final of the next Slam, the 2025 Masters, but lost.
As defending champions, the Homan team automatically qualified for the 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts as Team Canada. For the second year in a row, the team went undefeated, winning 22 straight games at the Hearts over two years! In the final, they beat Kerri Einarson's team. Rachel curled a perfect 100 percent in the final, which is very rare! This was Rachel's fifth national women's championship. The win qualified her team to represent Canada at the 2025 World Women's Curling Championship in South Korea. Before the Scotties, it was announced that Jennifer Jones would coach the team for the event.
At the World Curling Championships, Rachel led Canada to a strong record. In the playoffs, they beat Scotland and South Korea to reach the final. They faced Switzerland and Silvana Tirinzoni, a rematch of the 2024 final. Rachel made a great shot in the eighth end to take a big lead. Switzerland gave up in the ninth end, giving Rachel a 7–3 win. With this win, Rachel and her team became the first Canadian team to win back-to-back world championships since Sandra Schmirler in 1993 and 1994. It was Rachel's third World Championship.
Team Homan finished the 2024–25 season at the 2025 Players' Championship Grand Slam. They reached the final but lost to Silvana Tirinzoni. Over the season, Rachel made it to the final in all 10 events they played in. She finished the season with an amazing 75 wins and only 8 losses.
About Rachel Homan's Life
Rachel Homan was born in Ottawa, Ontario. Her parents are Cathy and Craig Homan. She has an older brother, Mark, who also curls. Rachel grew up in Orleans. She studied Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa and later earned a degree in education from the University of Alberta.
Rachel met Shawn Germain, a former professional hockey player, in 2014. They got married in September 2016. They live in Beaumont, Alberta. Rachel has three children: a son named Ryatt (born June 2019), a daughter named Bowyn (born March 2021), and another son named Briggs (born September 2023). She is a big fan of the Ottawa Senators NHL hockey team.
Images for kids
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Homan at the 2018 WCT Arctic Cup
See also
In Spanish: Rachel Homan para niños
