TORONTO (May 5, 2025) – Curling Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee have announced Brett Gallant (Charlottetown, P.E.I.) and Jocelyn Peterman (Red Deer, Alta.) — now residing together in Chestermere, Alta. — as the first athletes nominated to Team Canada for the upcoming Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.
Team Canada’s mixed doubles curlers for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games provisionally earned their nomination to the Canadian Olympic Team by winning the 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials on January 4. They then competed at the 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Fredericton, New Brunswick from April 26 to May 3, where their sixth-place performance secured Canada’s Olympic spot in mixed doubles curling. In addition to host nation Italy, seven countries qualified for the Olympic mixed doubles tournament based on the Mixed Doubles Olympic Qualification Points ranking, which was determined by combined placements at the 2024 and 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships.
This will mark the third consecutive Olympic Winter Games in which Canada has qualified a team in mixed doubles curling since the discipline debuted at PyeongChang 2018.
“To be an Olympian once is amazing, but to have the opportunity to do it twice, and also to do it with my husband as a teammate, will be a true privilege, and we just can’t wait to be in Italy next year. We’re excited about the road in front of us, and we will be doing everything we can to prepare ourselves for the Olympics,” said Jocelyn Peterman.
Peterman and Gallant will have the unique opportunity to experience the Olympic Winter Games together not only as teammates on the ice but also as partners in life. They both competed at Beijing 2022 with their respective four-person teams; Gallant won the bronze medal in the men’s event as the second on Team Gushue while Peterman and Team Jones finished one spot shy of the playoffs with a 5–4 record in the women’s event. Milano Cortina 2026 will mark their first Olympic appearance as mixed doubles partners.
Since their debut as a mixed doubles team in 2016, the veteran pair has steadily made their mark on both the national and international curling scenes. They captured silver at the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship and reached the podium at the 2023 and 2024 Canadian Championships, finishing second and third, respectively. At the 2022 Mixed Doubles World Championship, they finished fifth overall. At the 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials, the duo went undefeated, capped off by a 8–7 win over Rachel Homan—who had represented Canada in this event at Beijing 2022—and Brendan Bottcher in the final.
“Since Jocelyn and I started playing mixed doubles, it’s been our dream to represent Canada at the Winter Olympics as teammates, and we’re going to embrace this opportunity. We appreciate that Curling Canada adjusted its qualifying process for mixed doubles in order to provide more time to get ourselves ready for the Games, and we’ll be using that time to the best of our ability to be in peak form in Italy,” said Brett Gallant.
Laine Peters coached the mixed doubles team throughout their qualification journey for Milano Cortina 2026. A six-time Canadian women’s champion (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2016), she was an alternate with Team Colleen Jones from 1999 to 2003, with whom she won a world title in 2001 followed by a world silver medal in 2003. She later won bronze at the 2012 World Championship as the lead with Team Heather Nedohin. Peters has been working with Peterman and Gallant since 2023, after having been a teammate of Peterman for four years (from 2014 to 2018).
“Jocelyn and Brett are superb athletes and even better people, which makes us happy and proud that they’ll be representing Canada in Milano Cortina. In addition to their achievements on the ice, they play a leading role with our Athletes Council and are driving forces for positive change in our sport system. We couldn’t be more excited to have them wearing the maple leaf on the ice in 2026,” said Nolan Thiessen, Chief Executive Officer of Curling Canada.
Canada has a rich Olympic history in curling, having won a total of 12 medals, including six golds, since the sport officially returned to the Olympic Winter Games program at Nagano 1998. The country continued to showcase its depth in curling when mixed doubles made its Olympic debut at PyeongChang 2018, with Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris winning the inaugural gold medal.
Canada continues to be a world leader in the sport, consistently ranked among the top nations in international competition. Team Homan captured back-to-back World Women’s Curling Championship titles in 2024 and 2025, reinforcing Canada’s dominance in the women’s game. On the men’s side, Gallant added to Canada’s international success as a member of Team Jacobs, who secured the bronze medal at the 2025 World Men’s Curling Championship.
Mixed doubles curling will take place February 4 to 10 (Day -2 to 4) in Cortina d’Ampezzo. The venue first hosted Olympic competitions during the Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956 Olympic Winter Games, when the town was able to host the entirety of the Games. Seventy years later, Milano Cortina 2026 will be spread across eight clusters, with Cortina d’Ampezzo hosting five sports – making it the venue with the most competitions of different sports during the Games.
Canada has also secured spots in both the women’s and men’s Olympic curling events based on its combined ranking at the 2024 and 2025 World Championships for each gender. Those four-person teams will be determined at the 2025 Canadian Curling Trials that will take place in Halifax from November 22 to 30. With no restrictions on athletes competing in multiple curling disciplines at the Olympic Games, Peterman and Gallant are eligible to take part in the Trials with their qualified teams and could potentially represent Team Canada in those events as well.
“It’s a proud moment to welcome Jocelyn & Brett as the first athletes who have been named to the Canadian Olympic Team for Milano Cortina 2026. With total trust in each other, they’ve shown what it means to stay ice cold under pressure and seize every opportunity,” said Jennifer Heil, Team Canada’s Milano Cortina 2026 Chef de Mission. “Milano Cortina is their house now, and we can’t wait to cheer them on and show the world what Canadians are made of.”
The following coaches and support staff have supported Team Canada’s mixed doubles curling team throughout their qualification for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games and are expected to be submitted for nomination to the Canadian Olympic Committee:
Coaches
Laine Peters (Calgary, Alta.) – Mixed Doubles Curling Team Coach
Scott Pfeifer (St. Albert, Alta.) – National Mixed Doubles Coach
Support Staff
Kim Richardson (Calgary, Alta.) – Physiotherapist
Renée Sonnenberg (Grande Prairie, Alta.) – Analytics Lead
Prior to being named to Team Canada, all nominations are subject to approval by the Canadian Olympic Committee’s Team Selection Committee following its receipt of nominations by all National Sport Organizations.
Team Canada Milano Cortina 2026 roster can be found here and the qualification tracker can be found here.
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