Tardi to serve as alternate for Team Jacobs at Olympics

Tyler Tardi is headed to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy as the alternate for Team Brad Jacobs.

Curling Canada made the announcement on Monday during a press conference, officially revealing the curling teams set to represent Canada at the upcoming Winter Games.

Team Jacobs and Team Rachel Homan, the defending men’s and women’s Canadian champions, booked their Olympic spots after winning the Canadian Curling Trials in Halifax last week.

Brett Gallant, second for Team Jacobs, and Jocelyn Peterman will wear the maple leaf in the mixed doubles competition.

The 27-year-old Tardi plays vice on Team Kevin Koe, who also just competed at the Trials, finishing with a 3-4 record.

Tardi was an alternate for Team Jacobs at last year’s World Men’s Curing Championship in Moose Jaw, helping the Calgary rink claim bronze and at the Pan Continental Curling Championships in October, winning gold.

“Congratulations to Team Homan and Team Jacobs for being named to Team Canada! Your focus has been incredible all week, and you’ve certainly made us feel the excitement for the upcoming Winter Games,” said Jennifer Heil, Team Canada’s Milano Cortina 2026 Chef de Mission. “Curling is one of Canada’s most iconic sports, with generations of fans across the country, and we all can’t wait to cheer you on.”

Here are the official lineups and support staff.

Women’s - Team Homan

Rachel Homan (Beaumont, Alta.) – Skip

Tracy Fleury (Sudbury, Ont.) – Third/Vice-skip

Emma Miskew (Ottawa, Ont.) – Second

Sarah Wilkes (London, Ont.) – Lead

Rachelle Brown (Edmonton, Alta.) – Alternate

Heather Nedohin (Sherwood Park, Alta.) – Coach

Men’s - Team Jacobs

Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) – Skip

Marc Kennedy (St. Albert, Alta.) – Third/Vice-skip

Brett Gallant (Chestermere, Alta.) – Second

Ben Hebert (Chestermere, Alta.) – Lead

Tyler Tardi (Calgary, Alta.) – Alternate

Paul Webster (Calgary, Alta.) – Coach

Coaches

Viktor Kjell (Whitby, Ont.) – Women’s Team Coach

Laine Peters (Calgary, Alta.) – Mixed Doubles Curling Team Coach

Scott Pfeifer (St. Albert, Alta.) – National Mixed Doubles Coach

Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, Man.) – Men’s Team Coach

Support Staff

David Murdoch (Okotoks, Alta.) – Team Lead

Kim Richardson (Calgary, Alta.) – Physiotherapist

Renée Sonnenberg (Grande Prairie, Alta.) – Analytics Lead

Six of the eight four-person curlers have been to at least one previous Olympics.

Canada has won gold in men’s curling on three occasions in 2006, 2010 and 2014 when Jacobs stood atop the podium in Russia.

Ben Hebert and Marc Kennedy won gold with Kevin Martin on home soil in Vancouver in 2010. The pair played in the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea as well, losing the bronze medal match as members of Team Koe.

Gallant earned bronze as a member of Team Brad Gushue at the Beijing Games four years ago.

On the women’s side, Sandra Schmirler won gold in 1998 at the Nagano Olympics before Jennifer Jones accomplished the feat in 2014.

Homan and Emma Miskew represented Canada at the 2018 Olympics in South Korea, failing to make the playoffs.

Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris won gold at the inaugural mixed doubles event in 2018 before Homan and Morris just fell short of the playoffs in 2022.

This will be the first Winter Olympics for Tracy Fleury and Sarah Wilkes.

The mixed doubles competition runs from Feb. 4-10 while the men’s and women’s four-person teams play from Feb. 11-22.

All the curling events will take place at Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.