{{Short description|Canadian curler (born 2003)}} {{no sigcov|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox curler | name = Jordon McDonald | image = | image_size = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|7|27}} | birth_place = [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], Canada | Curling club = [[Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club|Assiniboine Memorial CC]], [[Winnipeg]] | Skip = '''Jordon McDonald''' | Third = [[Jacques Gauthier (curler)|Jacques Gauthier]] | Second = [[Elias Huminicki]] | Lead = [[Cameron Olafson]] | Alternate = | Member Association = {{MB}} | Brier appearances = | Top CCA ranking = 7th ([[2024–25 curling season|2024–25]]) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[curling]] }} }}
'''Jordon McDonald''' (born July 27, 2003) is a Canadian [[curling|curler]] from [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]].<ref name ="Media Guide">{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-Home-Hardware-Curling-Pre-Trials-FINAL2.pdf|title=2025 Home Hardware Canadian Curling Pre-Trials Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=October 28, 2025}}</ref> He currently skips his own team out of the [[Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club]] in [[Winnipeg]].
==Career== ===Juniors=== McDonald would first represent Manitoba as the skip at the [[2019 Canadian U18 Curling Championships – Men's tournament|2019 Canadian U18 Curling Championships]], where his team would finish 7–1 after the Championship Round, qualifying for the playoffs. McDonald would then lose in the semifinals to Ontario, but beat Nova Scotia 4–2 in the bronze medal game to finish third. Unfortunately, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], national junior events were cancelled for the [[2019–20 curling season|2019-20]] and [[2020–21 curling season]]s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/02/05/youth-plans-set-for-next-season/|title=Youth plans set for next season!|publisher=Curling Canada|date=February 5, 2021|access-date=October 28, 2025}}</ref>
Returning to national-level junior curling during the [[2021–22 curling season]], McDonald would form a new U18 team during his last year of eligibility with third [[Jace Freeman]], second [[Elias Huminicki]], and lead [[Cameron Olafson]] where McDonald would again win the Manitoba U18 Championship, representing Manitoba at the [[2022 Canadian U18 Curling Championships]]. McDonald would lose in the quarterfinals 5–4 to eventual champions Saskatchewan. McDonald would also compete with a U20 Junior team with [[Reece Hamm]], Huminicki, [[Alexandre Fontaine]], and [[Jayden Rutter]]. They would first compete in the [[2021 World Junior Qualification Event]], going 3–2 in the round robin, but would lose to Newfoundland and Labrador's [[Nathan Young (curler)|Nathan Young]] in the quarterfinals. McDonald would then go on to win the Manitoba Junior Curling Championship, representing Manitoba at the [[2022 Canadian Junior Curling Championships]] where they would again qualify for the playoffs, finishing round-robin play at the top of their group with a 7–1 record, but would finish 4th after losing the semifinals and bronze medal game to Alberta and Saskatchewan respectively. Aging out of U18s, McDonald then formed a new Junior team for the [[2022–23 curling season]] with members of both his former U18 and U20 teams from the previous season (Hamm, Huminicki, and Olafson). With his new team, McDonald captured another Manitoba Junior Curling Championship. At the [[2023 Canadian Junior Curling Championships]], McDonald would finish round-robin play with an undefeated 8–0 record, qualifying again for the playoffs. After losing to Northern Ontario's [[Dallas Burgess]] in the semifinals, McDonald would rebound with a win over Ontario's [[Landan Rooney]] 7–4 in the bronze medal game, finishing in third place.
McDonald's last year of Junior eligibility was in the [[2023–24 curling season]], where McDonald would join forces with Burgess from Northern Ontario as his new third, alongside Huminicki and Olafson. McDonald would capture his final Manitoba Junior Curling Championship, and represent as Team Manitoba 1 at the [[2024 Canadian Junior Curling Championships]]. McDonald would again qualify for the playoffs with a 7–1 record after round-robin play, but would lose in the quarterfinals in a rematch of the Manitoba Junior final to Team Manitoba 2, skipped by former U18 teammate [[Jace Freeman]].
===Men's=== Team McDonald would stay together as they aged out of junior play beginning in the [[2024–25 curling season]], where they would start off the season by winning the 2024 [[U25 NextGen Classic]] over [[Jayden King]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#/events/19477|title=2024 U25 NextGen Classic – Men|website=Curling Canada|access-date=October 28, 2025}}</ref> This win would provide the team direct entry into [[Curling Canada]]'s NextGen Future program, a new initiative by Curling Canada to help junior teams to transition into the adult ranks by providing them access to Curling Canada's National Coaches, among other benefits.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2022/05/30/new-u25-event/|title=New U-25 Event Announced|publisher=Curling Canada|date=May 30, 2022|access-date=October 28, 2025}}</ref> As the U25 NextGen Team, McDonald also participated in the [[2024 PointsBet Invitational]] with Canada's top men's teams based on [[CTRS standings|CTRS Rankings]]. At the PointsBet Invitational, McDonald would beat top-ranked teams including [[Matt Dunstone]] and former world men's champion [[Kevin Koe]], before losing to [[Brad Gushue]] 9–7 in the final four. McDonald would continue to have an impressive season, finishing second to [[Mike McEwen (curler)|Mike McEwen]] at the [[2024 Saville Shootout]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=8486|title=Saville Shootout|website=CurlingZone|access-date=October 28, 2025}}</ref> and winning the MCT Curling Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=8567|title=MCT Curling Cup|website=CurlingZone|access-date=October 28, 2025}}</ref> Team McDonald would qualify for the [[2025 Viterra Championship|2025 Manitoba Men's Provincial Championship]] as one of the top ranked CTRS teams in Manitoba,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://curlmanitoba.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Viterra-Personnel-club-list-9.pdf|title=2025 VITERRA CHAMPIONSHIP|website=Curl Manitoba|access-date=October 28, 2025}}</ref> however would lose to eventual champions [[Reid Carruthers]] 8–4 in the playoff round.
Team McDonald would announce in the offseason that [[Jacques Gauthier (curler)|Jacques Gauthier]] would join the McDonald rink as third for the [[2025–26 curling season]], alongside Huminicki and Olafson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/team_mcdonald/|title=Team McDonald Announcement|website=Instagram|access-date=August 21, 2025}}</ref> The new team McDonald would start the season playing in the [[2025 U25 NextGen Classic]] but failing to repeat as champions, finishing second after losing 6–4 in the final to [[Sam Mooibroek]]. However, Team McDonald would still remain part of Curling Canada's National U-25 NextGen Program.<ref name="Pre-Trials">{{cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2025/10/26/team-mcdonald-through-to-halifax-after-winning-2025-home-hardware-canadian-pre-trials-berth/|title=TEAM MCDONALD THROUGH TO HALIFAX AFTER WINNING 2025 HOME HARDWARE CANADIAN PRE-TRIALS BERTH|website=Curling Canada|access-date=October 28, 2025}}</ref> McDonald would again participate in the [[2025 PointsBet Invitational]], where they would finish 3–1 after round robin play, but fail to qualify for the championship final. Their next event would be the [[2025 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials]], where Team McDonald would win the event – beating Manitoba rival [[Braden Calvert]] 2 games to 1 in a best-of-three final, qualifying the team for the [[2025 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials]]. At 22 years old, McDonald became the youngest skip in history to qualify for the [[Canadian Olympic Curling Trials]].<ref name="Pre-Trials"/> At the Olympic Trials, the McDonald rink would finish round robin play with a 1–6 record. During the season, McDonald would participate in his first Tier 1 [[Grand Slam of Curling]] event at the [[2025 GSOC Tahoe]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/news/field-finalized-for-kioti-gsoc-tahoe|title=Field finalized for KIOTI GSOC Tahoe|website=Grand Slam of Curling|access-date=October 28, 2025}}</ref> There, Team McDonald would finish 1–3. They would also play in the [[2026 Bunge Championship]] (the Manitoba provincial men's championship) where they would again face provincial rivals Team Calvert in the final, but this time would lose 10–7 in an extra end, finishing second.
==Personal life== McDonald lives in [[Winnipeg]] and is currently (as of 2025) a mechanical engineering student at the [[University of Manitoba]].<ref name ="Media Guide"/> McDonald is also a Curling Canada "For the Love of Curling Scholarship" recipient in 2021.<ref name ="Pre-Trials"/> He also was a member of the [[University of Manitoba Bisons]] Varsity Golf team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gobisons.ca/sports/golf/roster/jordon-mcdonald/5663|title=Jordon McDonald - Golf|website=University of Manitoba Athletics|access-date=October 29, 2025}}</ref>
==Grand Slam record== {{Curling GS key}} {{clear}} {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Event ! [[2025–26 curling season|2025–26]] |- | [[Masters (curling)|Masters]] |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2025 Masters (September)|T2]] |- | [[National (curling)|The National]] |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2025 GSOC Tahoe|Q]] |- | [[Canadian Open (curling)|Canadian Open]] |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2025 Canadian Open (curling)|T2]] |}
==Teams== <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=36347&view=Teams#1|title=Jordon McDonald Past Teams|website=CurlingZone|access-date=October 28, 2025}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! scope="col"| Season ! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Alternate |- ! scope="row"| 2017–18 | Jordon McDonald || [[Jaedon Neuert]] || [[Braxton Kuntz]] || [[Alexandre Fontaine]] || |- ! scope="row"| 2018–19 | Jordon McDonald || Jaedon Neuert || Braxton Kuntz || Alexandre Fontaine || |- ! scope="row"| 2019–20 | Jordon McDonald || Braxton Kuntz || Alexandre Fontaine || [[Cameron Olafson]] || Jaedon Neuert |- ! scope="row"| 2020–21 | Jordon McDonald || [[Zachary Wasylik]] || Braxton Kuntz || Alexandre Fontaine || |- ! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2021–22 | Jordon McDonald{{efn|U18 Team}} || [[Jace Freeman]] || [[Elias Huminicki]] || Cameron Olafson || |- | Jordon McDonald{{efn|U20 Team}} || [[Reece Hamm]] || Elias Huminicki || Alexandre Fontaine || [[Jayden Rutter]] |- ! scope="row"| 2022–23 | Jordon McDonald || Reece Hamm || Elias Huminicki || Cameron Olafson || |- ! scope="row"| 2023–24 | Jordon McDonald || [[Dallas Burgess]] || Elias Huminicki || Cameron Olafson || |- ! scope="row"| 2024–25 | Jordon McDonald || Dallas Burgess || Elias Huminicki || Cameron Olafson || |- ! scope="row"| 2025–26 | Jordon McDonald || [[Jacques Gauthier (curler)|Jacques Gauthier]] || Elias Huminicki || Cameron Olafson || |- ! scope="row"| 2026–27 | Jordon McDonald || Jacques Gauthier || Elias Huminicki || Cameron Olafson || |}
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