# Jay Merchant

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{{Short description|Australian male curler & curling coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Jay Merchant
| image = 
| image_size = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|5|16}}
| birth_place = [Coronation](/source/Coronation%2C_Alberta),{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} [Alberta](/source/Alberta), [Canada](/source/Canada)
| Curling club = <!--Victorian Curling Association<ref name="victorian">{{cite web |url=https://www.curlingvictoria.org.au/ |title=Curling Victoria |accessdate=November 1, 2018 }}</ref>-->
| Skip = '''Jay Merchant'''
| Fourth = [Dean Hewitt](/source/Dean_Hewitt)
| Second = Tanner Davis
| Lead = Justin Grundy
| Alternate = 
| World Championship appearances =
| World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances = 1 ([2013](/source/2013_World_Mixed_Doubles_Curling_Championship))
| Pacific Championship appearances = 6 ({{PACC|2014}}, {{PACC|2015}}, {{PACC|2016}}, {{PACC|2017}}, {{PACC|2018}}, {{PACC|2019}})
| Pan Continental Championship appearances = 2 ({{PCCC|2022}}, {{PCCC|2023}})
| Other appearances = 
| Olympic appearances = 
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [curling](/source/curling)}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
}}
'''Jay Merchant''' (born 16 May 1982) is an Australian [curler](/source/curling) and curling [coach](/source/coach_(sport)) originally from Canada.

==Personal life==
Merchant was born and grew up in [Coronation, Alberta](/source/Coronation%2C_Alberta), [Canada](/source/Canada).  His father, Archie<ref name="SI">{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/curling/news/merchant-wins-appeal-to-curl-for-worlds|title=Merchant Wins Appeal To Curl For Worlds|date=3 November 2022}}</ref> curled in national oilman's competitions and his mom and older brother curled as well.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

After highschool, Merchant attended the [University of Lethbridge](/source/University_of_Lethbridge) where he studied for a Bachelor of Arts in political science.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uleth.ca/unews/article/upholding-law-land-down-under|title = Upholding the law in the land down under &#124; UNews}}</ref> He spent the majority of his time working in oil and gas as a labourer and then became an executive with M&N Construction in between his studies.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

He was a member of then Member of Parliament [Rick Casson](/source/Rick_Casson)'s steering committee and curled out of the [Lethbridge Curling Club](/source/Lethbridge_Curling_Club). He played juniors in Alberta<ref name="SI"/> and made it to provincials a number of times. In 2003 he played for University of Lethbridge at the [CIS/CCA Curling Championships](/source/CIS%2FCCA_Curling_Championships); they were in the top five.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} Merchant continued to compete in men's and competed in provincials in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Quebec in various levels of the sport.

In the 2000s, he curled on the [World Curling Tour](/source/World_Curling_Tour), and was a member of the [Guy Hemmings](/source/Guy_Hemmings)'<ref name="SI"/> team in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/sports/bringing-curling-to-australia/|title=Bringing curling to Australia|date=17 July 2010}}</ref>

In 2007 the Australian Winter Olympic Committee asked him to migrate to Australia on a distinguished talent visa.<ref name="SI"/> In 2010 he moved to Australia to coach and play with the Australian National Team and pursue a law degree at [Bond University](/source/Bond_University), which he completed in 2012.<ref>[https://www.uleth.ca/unews/article/upholding-law-land-down-under#.W9727NUzbcs Upholding the law in the land down under | UNews]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/sports/bringing-curling-to-australia/ |title=Bringing curling to Australia – Red Deer Advocate |date=July 17, 2010 }}</ref>

Merchant studied a master's degree in business law at Bond University. He also completed his Juris Doctor and postgraduate diploma in legal practice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bond.edu.au/news/44383/jay-merchant-set-represent-australia-national-curling-team|title = Jay Merchant Set to Represent Australia in National Curling Team}}</ref> Merchant currently is a sergeant of police and is also a barrister working predominantly in the Queensland Magistrates Courts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qldbar.asn.au/barrister-search/merchant/-1/-1|title=The Bar Association of Queensland}}</ref><ref name="SI"/>

He is a law and government lecturer at universities in Australia and abroad and has a lecture series called 'The Prosecution Rests with Jay Merchant'. Merchant also colour commentates on television, radio and is a contributor to print media in areas of sport, law, and government.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

==Teams and events==
===Men's===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col"| Season 
! scope="col"| Skip 
! scope="col"| Third 
! scope="col"| Second 
! scope="col"| Lead 
! scope="col"| Alternate 
! scope="col"| Coach 
! scope="col"| Events
|-
! scope="row"| 2007–08 
| [Guy Hemmings](/source/Guy_Hemmings) || [Pierre Charette](/source/Pierre_Charette) || Jay Merchant || [Jamie Korab](/source/Jamie_Korab) || [Mark Homan](/source/Mark_Homan) || || 
|-
! scope="row"| 2014–15 
| [Ian Palangio](/source/Ian_Palangio) || Jay Merchant || [Dean Hewitt](/source/Dean_Hewitt) || [Steve Johns](/source/Stephen_Johns_(curler)) || || [Archie Merchant](/source/Archie_Merchant) || {{PACC|2014|PACC 2014}} (4th)
|-
! scope="row"| 2015–16 
| Ian Palangio || Jay Merchant || Dean Hewitt || [Derek Smith](/source/Derek_Smith_(curler)) || || Archie Merchant || {{PACC|2015|PACC 2015}} (5th)
|-
! scope="row"| 2016–17 
| Ian Palangio || Jay Merchant || Dean Hewitt || Derek Smith || || Archie Merchant || {{PACC|2016|PACC 2016}} (7th)
|-
! scope="row"| 2017–18 
| Dean Hewitt (fourth) || Ian Palangio || [Christopher Ordog](/source/Christopher_Ordog) || [Hugh Millikin](/source/Hugh_Millikin) (skip) || Jay Merchant || Archie Merchant || {{PACC|2017|PACC 2017}} (4th)
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2018–19 
| Dean Hewitt || Jay Merchant || Rupert Jones || Ian Palangio || Steve Johns || || [AMCC 2018](/source/2018_Australian_Men's_Curling_Championship) {{Gold1}}
|-
| Dean Hewitt (fourth) || Jay Merchant (skip) || [Dustin Armstrong](/source/Dustin_Armstrong) || Steve Johns || || Bob Armstrong || {{PACC|2018|PACC 2018}} (7th)
|-
! scope="row"| 2019–20 
| Dean Hewitt (fourth) || [Sean Hall](/source/Sean_Hall_(curler)) (skip) || [Tanner Davis](/source/Tanner_Davis) || Jay Merchant || [Matthew Millikin](/source/Matthew_Millikin) || Archie Merchant || {{PACC|2019|PACC 2019}} (6th)
|-
! scope="row"| 2022–23 
| Dean Hewitt (fourth) || Jay Merchant (skip) || [Tanner Davis](/source/Tanner_Davis) || [Justin Grundy](/source/Justin_Grundy) || [Iain Grundy](/source/Iain_Grundy) || [Chad Merchant](/source/Chad_Merchant),<br>[Archie Merchant](/source/Archie_Merchant) || [PCCC 2022](/source/2022_Pan_Continental_Curling_Championships) (7th)
|}

===Mixed doubles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col"| Season 
! scope="col"| Male 
! scope="col"| Female 
! scope="col"| Coach 
! scope="col"| Events
|-
! scope="row"| 2012–13 
| Jay Merchant || [Lynette Gill](/source/Lynette_Gill) || [Archie Merchant](/source/Archie_Merchant) || [WMDCC 2013](/source/2013_World_Mixed_Doubles_Curling_Championship) (22nd)
|}

==Record as a coach of national teams==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col"| Year 
! scope="col"| Tournament, event 
! scope="col"| National team 
! scope="col"| Place
|-
| 2010 || [2010 Pacific Curling Championships](/source/2010_Pacific_Curling_Championships) || {{AUS}} (men) ||{{center|{{Bronze3}}}}
|-
| 2011 || [2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship](/source/2011_World_Mixed_Doubles_Curling_Championship) || {{AUS}} (mixed doubles) ||{{center|16}}
|-
| 2017 || [2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship](/source/2017_World_Mixed_Doubles_Curling_Championship) || {{AUS}} (mixed doubles) ||{{center|18}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Sports links}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Merchant, Jay}}
Category:1982 births
Category:Living people
Category:Australian male curlers
Category:Australian curling champions
Category:Australian curling coaches
Category:Australian people of Canadian descent
Category:Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Australia
Category:Curlers from Alberta
Category:Sportspeople from Red Deer, Alberta
Category:University of Lethbridge alumni
Category:Canadian male curlers
Category:Australian barristers
Category:Australian prosecutors
Category:Australian police officers
Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen
Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen

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