{{short description|Canadian curler}} {{Infobox curler | name = Jordan Pinder | image = Jordan Pinder Head Shot.png | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|4|24}} | birth_place = Miramichi, New Brunswick | Curling club = | Skip = | Third = | Second = | Lead = | Alternate = | Brier appearances = 5 (2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019) }}
'''Jordan Pinder''' (born April 24, 1984) is a Canadian curler originally from New Brunswick. He now lives in Blockhouse, Nova Scotia.
==Career== Pinder's father encouraged him to start curling. He has been curling since the age of 14, starting in his hometown of Miramichi.<ref name=DalNews>{{cite web |last=McNutt |first=Ryan | url=https://www.dal.ca/news/2012/03/01/postdoc-primed-for-curling-brier.html |title=Dal postdoc primed for curling's Brier: Jordan Pinder, part of Team Nova Scotia |work=dal.ca |date=2012-03-01 |accessdate=2012-03-04 |publisher=Dalhousie University}}</ref>
Pinder has been part of Jamie Murphy's team since 2009.<ref name=TankardTitleHerald>{{cite web |last=Mosher |first=Monty |url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/sports/62201-murphy-earns-first-tankard-title |title=Murphy earns first Tankard title |work=thechronicleherald.ca |date=2012-02-13 |accessdate=2012-03-05 |publisher=The Chronicle Herald}}</ref> Murphy's team had a notable 2010 season, losing in the semifinal of the Nova Scotia Men's Provincial Championship that year.<ref name="TankardFinalHerald">{{cite web |last=Mosher | first=Monty | url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/sports/61952-murphy-heads-tankard-final |title=Murphy heads to Tankard final |work=thechronicleherald.ca |date=2012-02-12 |accessdate=2012-03-05 |publisher=The Chronicle Herald}}</ref>
In 2012 the team captured the provincial championship, defeating former Brier champion Mark Dacey. This earned Murphy's team their first trip to the Tim Horton's Brier.<ref name="TankardTitleHerald" />
==Personal life== Pinder is self employed as a photographer, and he is also a post-doctoral fellow at Dalhousie University in the Pathology department.<ref name="DalNews" /> He is married to Vanessa Surette and has two children.<ref>2019 Brier Media Guide: Team New Brunswick</ref>
==Teams== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"| Season<ref>{{cite web |title=Jordan Pinder: Teams |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=16234&view=Teams#1 |website=CurlingZone |accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> ! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Events |- ! scope="row"| 2009–10 | Jamie Murphy || Jordan Pinder || Jon Wamback || Don McDermaid || 2010 NS |- ! scope="row"| 2010–11 | Jamie Murphy || Jordan Pinder || Kris Granchelli || Don McDermaid || 2011 NS |- ! scope="row"| 2011–12 | Jamie Murphy || Jordan Pinder || Mike Bardsley || Don McDermaid || 2012 NS, Brier |- ! scope="row"| 2012–13 | Jamie Murphy || Jordan Pinder || Mike Bardsley || Don McDermaid || 2013 NS |- ! scope="row"| 2013–14 | Jamie Murphy || Jordan Pinder || Mike Bardsley || Don McDermaid || 2014 NS, Brier |- ! scope="row"| 2014–15 | Jamie Murphy || Jordan Pinder || Scott Babin || Tyler Gamble || 2015 NS |- ! scope="row"| 2015–16 | Jamie Murphy || Jordan Pinder || Scott Saccary || Philip Crowell || 2016 NS, Brier |- ! scope="row"| 2016–17 | Jamie Murphy || Jordan Pinder || Scott Saccary || Philip Crowell || 2017 NS, Brier |- ! scope="row"| 2018–19{{efn|Pinder was the alternate for Team Odishaw at the 2019 NB Tankard and played third at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier, replacing Mike Kennedy.}} | Terry Odishaw || Jordan Pinder || Marc LeCocq || Grant Odishaw || 2019 NB, Brier |}
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==External links== * {{Sports links}} * [https://archive.today/20130101011636/http://www.biochem.dal.ca/profiles/gradstudents/Pinder/ Grad student profile]
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