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{{Short description|Canadian curler (bornn 1955)}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Pierre Charette
| image = Pierre Charette.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|6|23}}
| birth_place =[[Masson-Angers|Masson]], [[Quebec]]
| image_size = 200
| Curling club = [[Club de curling Thurso|CC Thurso]], <br> [[Thurso, Quebec|Thurso, QC]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/1972/teams/9248/team_athletes/8587 |title = Curling Canada | Curling Scores on Curling.ca}}</ref>
| Skip =
| Third =
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|Member Association = {{QC}} (1989-2000; 2001-present) <br> {{ON}} (2000-2001)
| Brier appearances = 15 ({{Brier|1989}}, {{Brier|1991}}, {{Brier|1992}}, {{Brier|1993}}, {{Brier|1996}}, {{Brier|1997}}, {{Brier|1998}}, {{Brier|1999}}, {{Brier|2007}}, {{Brier|2013}}, {{Brier|2014}}, {{Brier|2016}}, {{Brier|2017}}, {{Brier|2023}})
| Top CCA ranking = 14th (2005-06, 2006-07)
| Grand Slam victories = 1 ([[2003 National]])
}}

'''Pierre G. "The Duffer" Charette'''<ref>2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters</ref> (born June 23, 1955) is a Canadian [[curling|curler]] from [[Gatineau]], [[Quebec]].<ref name="Media Guide">{{cite web |url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2025/02/2025-Montanas-Brier-media-guide-Ver1.pdf |title=2025 Montana's Brier Media Guide |publisher=Curling Canada |access-date=2025-02-25 }}</ref> He currently coaches the [[Silvana Tirinzoni]] rink<ref name="MG">{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2021/04/2021-LGT-World-Womens-Curling-Championship-media-guide1.pdf|title=2021 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=April 30, 2021}}</ref> and the [[Jean-Michel Ménard]] rink.<ref name="Media Guide"/>

==Career==
Born in [[Masson, Quebec]], Charette has played in thirteen [[Tim Hortons Brier|Brier]]s, and was the first curler to have played every position (including alternate) at a Brier. He skipped teams in 1989, 1993 and 2007; played third for [[Guy Hemmings]] in 1998 and 1999, played second for [[Don Westphal]] in 1997, played lead for Westphal in 1996 and was the alternate for [[Kevin Adams (curler)|Kevin Adams]] in 1991, [[Ted Butler (curler)|Ted Butler]] in 1992 and [[Jean-Michel Ménard]] in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017.

Charette's best performance at the Brier was the two years he played for Hemmings, where they lost in the Brier final on both occasions.

Charette had to qualify for the [[2007 Tim Hortons Brier]] by defeating defending Brier champion [[Jean-Michel Ménard]] in the Quebec final 12–8.

In 2001, Charette played third for [[Peter Corner]] in the [[2001 Ontario Nokia Cup|''Ontario'' provincial championships]], but they finished 3–6.

After the [[2010-11 curling season]] ended, [[Serge Reid]]'s team announced in a tweet that Charette would be joining their rink as skip and would throw lead stones.<ref>[https://twitter.com/TeamReidcurling/status/66578587649720320 Announcement @TeamReidCurling]</ref> He played with them for one season before forming a new team with [[Richard Faguy]], [[Louis Biron]] and [[Maurice Cayouette]].

==Personal life==
Charette is employed as the president of GolfXtra.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cloudfront8.curling.ca/2016brier/files/2016/03/BRIER-MON-ALL.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307231544/http://cloudfront8.curling.ca/2016brier/files/2016/03/BRIER-MON-ALL.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has two children.<ref name="MG"/>

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

{{Footer National (curling) Champions (Men)}}

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[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:Curlers from Quebec]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Gatineau]]
[[Category:Canadian male curlers]]
[[Category:Canadian curling coaches]]
[[Category:Curlers from Ottawa]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen]]

Pierre Charette - Revision history

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