{{short description|American curler}} {{Infobox curler | name = Jared Zezel | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|3|4}} | birth_place = Hibbing, Minnesota, U.S. | Curling club = Bemidji CC, <br> Bemidji, MN | Skip = John Shuster | Third = Chris Plys | Second = Matt Hamilton | Lead = John Landsteiner | Alternate = '''Jared Zezel''' | Member Association = {{USA}} | World Championship appearances = 1 ({{WMCC|2014}}) | Olympic appearances = 1 (2014) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}} {{MedalSport|Men's curling}} {{MedalCompetition|US Olympic Trials}} {{MedalGold|2013 Fargo|}} {{MedalCompetition|US Men's Championship}} {{MedalBronze|2012 Philadelphia|}} {{MedalBronze|2013 Green Bay|}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Kalamazoo|}} {{MedalBronze|2016 Jacksonville|}} {{MedalCompetition|US Junior Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2009 Devil's Lake|}} {{MedalSilver|2010 Bemidji|}} {{MedalGold|2011 Fairbanks|}} {{MedalSport|Mixed doubles curling}} {{MedalCompetition|US Olympic Trials}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Blaine|}} }}
'''Jared Zezel''' (born March 4, 1991) is an American curler. He competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/curling/story/_/id/10140816/us-men-curling-team-earns-spot-sochi |title=U.S. men's curling team earns spot in Sochi |publisher=Espn.go.com |date=2014-02-21 |access-date=2016-05-29}}</ref>
==Career== At the 2013 United States Olympic Curling Trials Zezel was part of the first place team.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |author=USA Curling |url=http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Athletes/ZE/Jared-Zezel |title=Jared Zezel |publisher=Teamusa.org |date= |accessdate=2016-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505101616/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Athletes/ZE/Jared-Zezel |archive-date=2016-05-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the qualification event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, Zezel's team won the second qualifier 8–5 over the Czech Republic to take the final 2014 Olympic qualification spot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/u-s-beats-czech-republic-8-5-in-men-s-curling-playoff-1.1593552 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216105721/http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/u-s-beats-czech-republic-8-5-in-men-s-curling-playoff-1.1593552 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 16, 2013 |title=U.S. beats Czech Republic 8-5 in men's curling playoff | CTV News |publisher=Ctvnews.ca |date=2013-12-15 |accessdate=2016-05-29}}</ref> At the Olympics Zezel's team finished 9th out of 10 teams with a final record of 2–7.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/381|title=XXII. Olympic Winter Games 2014: Tournament details|website=results.worldcurling.org|access-date=2019-04-09}}</ref>
Zezel has competed in the United States Men's Curling Championship six times, every year from 2012 to 2017.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org:443/USA-Curling/Features/2017/January/25/Field-set-for-2017-National-Championships-in-Everett|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211145445/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2017/January/25/Field-set-for-2017-National-Championships-in-Everett|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 11, 2017|title=Field set for 2017 National Championships in Everett|website=Team USA|language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}}</ref> His teams' best finish was 2nd in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=3754&eventtypeid=81&view=Scores#1|title=USA Men's National Championship: Scores|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-09}}</ref>
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