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{{Short description|Canadian curler}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Marcel Rocque
| image = Team Ferbey.jpg
| image_size = 200
| Brier appearances = 5 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
| World Championship appearances = 4 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005)
| Top CCA ranking = 2nd (2004-05 & 2005-06)
| Grand Slam victories = 3: [[World Cup of Curling|World Cup/Masters]] (Feb 2006); <br>  [[Players' Championships|Players]] (2006, 2009)
|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | [[Curling]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Curling Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2002 Ford World Men's Curling Championship|2002 Bismarck]]|}}
{{MedalGold| [[2003 Ford World Men's Curling Championship|2003 Winnipeg]]|}}
{{MedalGold| [[2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship|2005 Victoria]]|}}
{{MedalCountry|{{AB}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Tim Hortons Brier|Brier]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2005 Tim Hortons Brier|2005 Edmonton]]|}}
{{MedalGold| [[2003 Nokia Brier|2003 Halifax]]|}}
{{MedalGold| [[2002 Nokia Brier|2002 Calgary]]|}}
{{MedalGold| [[2001 Nokia Brier|2001 Ottawa]]|}} 
{{MedalSilver| [[2004 Nokia Brier|2004 Saskatoon]]|}}
}}

'''Marcel Rocque''' (born June 22, 1971, in [[St. Paul, Alberta]]) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[Curling|curler]] from [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]]. He is a four-time winner of [[Tim Hortons Brier|The Brier]], the annual Canadian men's curling championship and a three-time [[World Curling Championships|World Champion]] as the lead for the [[Randy Ferbey]] team. Rocque would play in two Alberta provincial championships as a lead for [[Don Walchuk]] before joining the Ferbey team by 1999.

In 2019, Rocque finished second in a [[The Sports Network|TSN]] poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers to name the greatest Canadian male [[lead (curling)|lead]] in curling history.<ref name="TSN2019">{{cite news |last1=Horne |first1=Ryan |title=Canada's Greatest Curlers: Hebert edges Rocque for best lead |url=https://www.tsn.ca/canada-s-greatest-curlers-hebert-edges-rocque-for-best-lead-1.1264418 |accessdate=5 March 2019 |publisher=TSN |date=4 March 2019}}</ref>

In 2023 Rocque and his Team Ferbey rinkmates ([[Randy Ferbey]], [[David Nedohin]], and [[Scott Pfeifer]]) were inducted into [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref name="cbc2023">{{cite news |title=Virtue and Moir lead star-studded group of inductees into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/canada-sports-hall-of-fame-2023-oct-19-1.7001182 |access-date=20 October 2023 |publisher=CBC Sports |date=19 October 2023}}</ref>

==Coaching==
Marcel Rocque began coaching the Chinese women's team in 2013 and was the coach for  China's Men Curling team for the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] held in [[Sochi|Sochi, Russia]]. He helped the team reach the fourth position in final rankings. He was also the coach for China Mixed Doubles at the [[2018 Winter Olympics]]. Starting in the [[2018–19 curling season|2018-19 curling season]], he became the coach for Team [[Rachel Homan|Homan]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/curling/rocque-in-play-homan-fills-vacancy-by-turning-to-coach-from-teams-past-492954861.html|title=Rocque in play: Homan fills vacancy by turning to coach from team's past|author=Gregory Strong|agency=The Canadian Press|date=2018-09-11|work=Winnipeg Free Press|access-date=2018-09-15}}</ref> He currently coaches the [[Clancy Grandy]] rink.<ref name="MG">{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2024/02/2024-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-media-guide-VER1.pdf|title=2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=February 9, 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Rocque is a third cousin to curler [[Kelsey Rocque]]. His wife Raylene is also a curler, and until the end of the 2009/2010 Season played with [[Cathy King]]'s team. Cathy and Raylene have now retired from the game. He has two daughters and is employed as a baking and culinary teacher.<ref name="MG"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Sports links}}

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