Rachel Homan was a curling child prodigy who demonstrated her outstanding curling talents at the age of five. Her inherent curling abilities only needed a little refining in order for her to win the National Curling Championship. Homan is now regarded as one of the best curlers in the world. Homan is well recognized for her outstanding curling abilities, strategy, and leadership capabilities, which have helped her win numerous international events.

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What is the Net Worth of Rachel Homan?

Rachel Homan have estimated net worth is $3 million. Her professional curling competitions, endorsements, investments, and titles all contributed to her net worth. Homan also has her own line of clothes, Team Homan.

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Who is Rachel Homan?

Rachel is a professional curler who has won the Canadian National Championship three times and the World Championship in 2017. Homan also competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics for Canada.

Rachel is also well-known for her outstanding curling skills, strategy, and leadership ability. She has seven times won the Canadian women’s national curling championship.

The Sports Network (TSN) recognized Homan the fourth greatest Canadian Female Curler in history, based on her excellent skills and outstanding performance in international championships.

Education and Childhood of Rachel Homan

Rachel Homan was born in Ottawa, Ontario, on April 5, 1989. Her father, Craig Homan, and mother, Catherine Homan, had her as the youngest child.

Rachel has a younger brother, Mark Homan, who is a professional curler.

Homan went to Cairine Wilson Secondary School for her studies. Homan graduated from the University of Ottawa with a Human Kinetics degree.

Curling Career of Rachel Homan

Rachel Homan began curling as a hobby.

Since she was a child, Rachel has dedicated her life to curling. She began curling at the age of five years old.

Homan began curling at the Rideau Curling Club’s Little Rock program in Ottawa. After then, it was just her curling love, but she had those skills that everyone admired.

When her parents realized this, they rallied to her aid. As a result, the curling journey began.

Homan had already won four provincial championships in a row by the age of 16. She also set a record by winning the tournament four times in a row from 2003 to 2006.

Rachel’s extraordinary ability on the ice drew the notice of Scouter, a member of the Canadian squad. Rachel’s professional junior curling career began when she was invited to join the National Canadian Junior team.

Junior Curling Professional Career of Rachel

Rachel was coached by Adam Kingsbury after being chosen to the National Canadian Junior team, and he helped her reach her full potential. She was the team’s skipper.

Rachel won the Optimist International Under-18 Curling Tournament in 2006, allowing her to compete in the 2007 Canada Winter Games. Her team and she took gold in the competition.

Rachel’s name was already well-known among Curling fans, who had high expectations for the team’s performance in national and international competitions.

However, the team went on a losing streak after failing to win events. They had a difficult two years, failing to win a single tournament.

They didn’t give up, though, and instead worked on their talents to win the Canadian Curling Championship for the first time in 2009. The AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic was also won by them.

After winning the provincial championships in 2010, the team went on to represent Ontario at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships. They quickly established that, despite a shaky start, they were the best junior squad.

They had a perfect record of winning every match they played, making them only the fourth women’s team in history to do so.

Rachel’s team attempted to compete in the Scotties Tournaments of Hearts playdowns, however they were ruled ineligible due to the fact that juniors were not permitted to compete.

Senior Curling Professional Career of Rachel

In her senior year, Homan competed in the 2011 Ontario Scotties Tournaments of Hearts, capturing her first senior gold medal.

Then she and her brother competed in the Ontario Mixed Championship. Rachel was moved from her customary position of Skip to third. Homan, on the other hand, won the championship with her brother.

The Final Curse

Rachel’s team competed in the Grand Slam in 2011 and made it to the finals, where they were defeated by Jennifer Jones in the final.

They did incredibly well and were on the verge of winning the competition.

The finale curse, however, followed Rachel to the following Grand Slam, the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic, when their team came so near to winning but lost in the final.

After their victory in the third grand slam, the final curse was broken, and she became the first woman to win a grand slam.

Curling World Championships of Rachel

 Achievements and Awards

• Winter Games in Canada – Gold (2007)
• Silver medalist in the World Junior Curling Championship (2010)
• Gold (2017), Silver (2014), and Bronze (2013) at the World Curling Championships (2013)
• Gold Medalist in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts (2013, 2014)
• The Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Awards are given to the most valuable players in the game.
• 2012, 2013, and 2015 were the years when he won the Grand Slam (Masters)
• TSN ranked her as the fourth best female curler in Canadian history.

Husband of Rachel Homan

Rachel Homan is married to former Canadian ice hockey player Shawn Germain. They dated for several years before marrying in September of 2016.

Rachel’s husband made waves in 2018 after he was caught drinking beer during Rachel’s Olympic game. While watching Rachel compete for the Olympics with Japan, Shawn was observed double-fisting beers.

Shawn’s photo went viral, garnering headlines and eliciting conflicting emotions from the general public. Some speculated that he was under a great deal of stress at the time, and that pounding beers was his only way to cope.

Others said that he shouldn’t drink while his wife gave it her all to win a gold medal for Canada.

Shawn later stated that he was not embarrassed by his actions because he was under a lot of stress at the time. He claimed he wasn’t inebriated, but rather Canadian.

Shawn also demonstrated his love for his wife by composing a note supporting her even if she didn’t win at the Olympics.

Children of Rachel Homan

Rachel Homan is the mother of two lovely children, a son and a daughter. In 2019, the national curler gave birth to her first child. Ryatt Mitch Germain, the infant boy, was delivered healthy.

Bowyn Germain, her lovely daughter, was born in 2021. On March 25, a baby girl was born.

Social presence of Rachel Homan

Instagram: 40.5k Followers 

Facebook: 29k Followers 

Twitter: 25.8k Followers 

FAQs

Who is Rachel Homans new second?

Rachel Homan’s new second is Sarah Wilkes. Rachel’s team officially announced in March 2020 that they would be parting their ways with Lisa Weagle and would sign Sarh Wilkes as a new second in the team.

Why did Rachel Homan miss mixed doubles 2021?

In her curling career, Rachel hadn’t missed any tournaments. However, she missed the mixed doubles curling championship as she was eight months pregnant at that time. She was pregnant with her second child.