Jill Thurston December 2, 1971 in Winnipeg, Manitoba is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 curler

Curling

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

. She currently skips her own team out of the Granite Curling Club

Granite Curling Club

Granite Curling Club is the name of a number of curling clubs:*Granite Curling Club - Seattle, Washington*CCA Granite Club - Cumberland, Ontario*Chatham Granite Club - Chatham, Ontario*Coaldale Granite Club - Coaldale, Alberta...

 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Thurston has been a Manitoba representative at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The Scotties Tournament of Hearts is an annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by the Canadian Curling Association. The winner goes on to represent Canada at the women's world curling championships. Since 1985, the winner also gets to return to the following year's tournament as...

. Her first Scott appearance was in 2000, playing as the alternate for Connie Laliberte

Connie Laliberte

Connie Laliberte is a Canadian curler from Manitoba and world champion.-Championships:Laliberte became world champion in 1984 as skip for the Canadian team....

. The team would finish second place with a 9-2 record in round robin play. They lost the 1-2 game to Ontario’s Anne Merklinger

Anne Merklinger

Anne Merklinger is a retired Canadian curler from Ottawa. Merklinger is a two-time runner-up at the Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's championship. She curled out of the Rideau Curling Club....

 and lost the semifinal to British Columbia’s Kelley Law

Kelley Law

Kelley Law formerly known as Kelley Atkins and Kelley Owen is a Canadian curler from Coquitlam, British Columbia...

 who would go on to win the tournament.
Thurston’s next Scott appearance was in 2006, this time playing third for Janet Harvey

Janet Harvey

Janet Harvey is a Canadian curler.In 1984, Harvey played second for Darcy Kirkness at that year's Canadian Junior Curling Championships...

. The team would finish with a 4-7 record.
Thurston’s last Scotties appearance to date was in 2010. She would skip her own team, finishing the round robin with a 7-4 record. This was enough to clinch a tiebreaker. Thurston’s team would fall short, and she would lose the tie breaker 3-10 to Ontario’s Krista McCarville.

Thurston was a participant at the 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials

1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials

The 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials were held Nov. 22-30, 1997 at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. They were held to determine the Canadian National men's and women's Teams for the 1998 Winter Olympics.-Final Standings:-Playoffs:-Final Standings:...

, which was won by Sandra Schmirler

Sandra Schmirler

Sandra Marie Schmirler, SOM , was a Canadian curler, who captured three Canadian Curling Championships and three World Curling Championships. Schmirler skipped her Canadian team to a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, the first year curling was a medal sport...

.

Grand Slam record

Event	2006–07 2006-07 curling season -Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-Men's:-Women's:-WCT Money Ranking:...	2007–08 2007-08 curling season -Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour winners:-Women's World Curling Tour winners:Events in bold indicate Grand Slam events.-WCT Money Ranking:-Sources:*...	2008–09 2008-09 curling season -Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour winners:-Women's World Curling Tour winners:-WCT Money Ranking:...	2009–10 2009-10 curling season The 2009–10 curling season began in September 2009 and ended in April 2010.-Season of Champions top three finishes:-Other events:-World Curling Tour events:-Women's World Curling Tour events:...	2010–11	2011–12
Autumn Gold Autumn Gold Curling Classic The Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic is the very first Grand Slam event of the season on the Women's World Curling Tour. It is held annually on the Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. The first Autumn Gold Classic was held in 1978, and at the...	Q	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	Q
Manitoba Lotteries	DNP	DNP	DNP	Q	Q	Q
Wayden Transportation Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic The Wayden Transportation Ladies Classic, also known as the Abbotsford Ladies was a Grand Slam event on the Women's World Curling Tour. It was held annually in November in Abbotsford, British Columbia...	Q	DNP	DNP	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sobeys Slam Sobeys Slam The Sobeys Slam is the third Grand Slam event of the Women's World Curling Tour. It is held annually in November in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.The event began in 1998 as the Sobeys Curling Classic. It was added as a Grand Slam event for the 2007-08 curling season, and was renamed the "Sobeys Slam"...	N/A	N/A	DNP	N/A	DNP
Players' Championships Players' Championships The Players' Championships is the final event on the World Curling Tour, and a part of the Grand Slam of Curling, being the only slam to feature both a women's and men's tournament...	Q	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Key

• C - Won Chamoionship
• F - Lost final
• SF - Lost semi final
• QF - Lost quarter final
• Q - Did not make playoffs
• DNP - Did not participate in event
• N/A - not a Grand Slam event that season