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{{short description|Canadian curler and television personality}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Colleen Jones<br><small>{{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}}</small>
| image = Colleen Jones on That Curling Show.jpg
| caption = Jones on CBC Sports "That Curling Show" in 2021
| other_names = Colleen P. Jones
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|12|16}}
| birth_place = [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]]
| Curling club = [[Mayflower Curling Club]], [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax, NS]]
| Skip = [[Jessica Daigle]]
| Third = [[Kirsten Lind]]
| Second = [[Lindsey Burgess]]
| Lead = [[Emma Logan]]
| Alternate = '''Colleen Jones'''
| Member Association = {{NS}}
| Hearts appearances = 21 ({{STOH|1979}}, {{STOH|1980}}, {{STOH|1982}}, {{STOH|1984}}, {{STOH|1986}}, {{STOH|1989}}, {{STOH|1991}}, {{STOH|1992}}, {{STOH|1993}}, {{STOH|1994}}, {{STOH|1996}}, {{STOH|1997}}, {{STOH|1999}}, {{STOH|2000}}, {{STOH|2001}}, {{STOH|2002}}, {{STOH|2003}}, {{STOH|2004}}, {{STOH|2005}}, {{STOH|2006}}, {{STOH|2013}})
| World Championship appearances = 6 ({{WWCC|1982}}, {{WWCC|1999}}, {{WWCC|2001}}, {{WWCC|2002}}, {{WWCC|2003}}, {{WWCC|2004}})
| Top CCA ranking = 2nd (2003–04)
| Grand Slam victories =
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Women's [[Curling]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Scotties Tournament of Hearts]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts|2002 Brandon]] | }}
{{MedalGold | [[2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts|2003 Kitchener]] | }}
{{MedalGold | [[2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts|2004 Red Deer]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Curling Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2001 World Women's Curling Championship|2001 Lausanne]] | }}
{{MedalGold | [[2004 World Women's Curling Championship|2004 Gävle]] | }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2003 World Women's Curling Championship|2003 Winnipeg]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Senior Curling Championships|World Senior Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2017 World Senior Curling Championships|2017 Lethbridge]] | }}
{{MedalCountry | {{NS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Scotties Tournament of Hearts]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1982 Scott Tournament of Hearts|1982 Regina]] | }}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 Scott Tournament of Hearts|1999 Charlottetown]] | }}
{{MedalGold | [[2001 Scott Tournament of Hearts|2001 Sudbury]] | }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1980 Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship|1980 Edmonton]] | }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1984 Scott Tournament of Hearts|1984 Charlottetown]] | }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts|2006 London]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Canadian Olympic Curling Trials|Canadian Olympic Trials]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials|2001 Regina]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Canadian Senior Curling Championships|Canadian Senior Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2016 Canadian Senior Curling Championships|2016 Digby]] | }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2015 Canadian Senior Curling Championships|2015 Edmonton]] | }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2012 Canadian Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament|2012 Abbotsford]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Canadian Mixed Curling Championship|Canadian Mixed Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1993 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship|1993 Swift Current]] | }}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship|1999 Victoria]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Canada Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1979 Canada Games|1979 Brandon]] | }}
}}

'''Colleen Patricia Jones''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}}<ref name = CC>{{cite web | url=https://www.gg.ca/en/order-canada-appointees-december-2022 | title=Order of Canada appointees – December 2022 | website=The Governor General of Canada | date=29 December 2022 | access-date=29 December 2022 }}</ref> (born December 16, 1959) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[curling|curler]] and [[television personality]]. She is best known as the skip of two women's world championship teams and six [[Scotties Tournament of Hearts|Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's championships]], including an unprecedented four titles in a row and held the record for most Tournament of Hearts wins from when she won her 67th game in 1994<ref>{{cite news|title=Spectator rats on Laliberte|date=March 4, 1994|page=F3|newspaper=Regina Leader-Post|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71871729/the-leader-post/|accessdate=February 23, 2021}}</ref> until her eventual 152 wins were eclipsed by [[Jennifer Jones (curler)|Jennifer Jones]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite news  |title=Jones reaches record in career Tournament of Hearts wins|url=https://www.tsn.ca/jennifer-jones-reaches-record-in-career-tournament-of-hearts-wins-1.1597724 |access-date=February 23, 2021 |publisher=TSN|date=February 23, 2021}}</ref>

Jones also serves as a reporter and weather presenter for the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]], and as a curling commentator for [[NBC]] in the [[United States]], particularly during the 2010 [[Winter Olympics]].

In 2018, Jones finished second to [[Sidney Crosby]] in a listing of the greatest 15 athletes in Nova Scotia's history.<ref name="CBC">{{cite news |last1=Tattrie |first1=Jon |title=Sidney Crosby to headline 'greatest sports dinner' in Nova Scotia |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sidney-crosby-to-headline-greatest-sports-dinner-in-nova-scotia-1.4641550 |access-date=27 July 2018 |publisher=CBC Sports |date=30 April 2018}}</ref>  In 2019, she was named the third greatest Canadian curler in history in a [[The Sports Network|TSN]] poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tsn.ca/tsn-s-top-10-greatest-women-curlers |title=Canada's All-Time Greatest Women Curlers |publisher=[[The Sports Network|TSN]] |access-date=October 24, 2019}}</ref> In 2016, Jones was awarded the [[Order of Sport]], marking her induction into [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada Sports Hall of Fame {{!}} Hall of Famers Search |url=http://www.sportshall.ca/hall-of-famers/hall-of-famers-search.html?proID=615&catID=all&lang=EN |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=www.sportshall.ca}}</ref>

She currently coaches the [[Owen Purcell]] rink.<ref name="MG"/>