Jessica Michels

Jessica Michels ( Smith) (born 29 September 1997) is a New Zealand curler from Invercargill.

At the international level, she competed at the (first-ever Worlds for the New Zealand women's curling team), and the .

At the national level, she is a New Zealand women's and mixed doubles champion curler.

Personal life Her brother Ben is also a curler; the pair won the New Zealand Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in 2018 and 2019.

In 2020, at the age of 23, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma cancer,; and after a difficult treatment, she recovered and returned to the ice, including the international stage, leading the New Zealand women's team to win the right to play at the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship for the first time in Women's World Curling Championship history.

Smith currently works as a nurse.

Teams and events Women's Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events 2013–14 Eleanor Adviento Tessa Farley Holly Thompson Jessica Smith Waverley Taylor Liz Matthews PAJCC 2014 (4th) 2014—15 Eleanor Adviento Waverley Taylor Jessica Smith Holly Thompson Eloise Pointon Nelson Ede PAJCC 2015 2015—16 Wendy Becker Bridget Becker Jessica Smith Holly Thompson NZWCC 2015 Eleanor Adviento Jessica Smith Waverley Taylor Holly Thompson Emma Sutherland Nelson Ede WJBCC 2016 (5th) 2016—17 Jessica Smith Holly Thompson Waverley Taylor Bridget Becker Anna de Boer NZWCC 2016 Jessica Smith Holly Thompson Emma Sutherland Courtney Smith Eloise Pointon Nelson Ede WJBCC 2017 (16th) 2017—18 Bridget Becker Jessica Smith Holly Thompson Emma Sutherland NZWCC 2017 Bridget Becker Jessica Smith Thivya Jeyaranjan Holly Thompson Emma Sutherland Nelson Ede (5th) Jessica Smith Holly Thompson Emma Sutherland Courtney Smith Mhairi-Bronté Duncan Nelson Ede,Peter Becker WJBCC 2018 (4th) 2018—19 Jessica Smith Holly Thompson Mhairi-Bronté Duncan Courtney Smith NZWCC 2018 Bridget Becker Natalie Thurlow Abby Peddie Eloise Pointon Jessica Smith Peter de Boer 2019 WQE (8th) Jessica Smith Holly Thompson Mhairi-Bronté Duncan Courtney Smith Lucy Neilson Nelson Ede WJBCC 2019 (Jan) (12th) 2019—20 Jessica Smith Holly Thompson Mhairi-Bronté Duncan Jennifer Stewart NZWCC 2019 2020—21 Jessica Smith Holly Thompson Jennifer Stewart Ruby Kinney NZWCC 2020 2022—23 Jessica Smith Holly Thompson Natalie Thurlow Bridget Becker NZWCC 2022 Jessica Smith Holly Thompson Natalie Thurlow Bridget Becker Ruby Kinney Nelson Ede (5th) Jessica Smith Holly Thompson Bridget Becker Natalie Thurlow Ruby Kinney Nelson Ede (13th) 2023—24 Jessica Smith Holly Thompson Bridget Becker Natalie Thurlow NZWCC 2023 Jessica Smith Courtney Smith Bridget Becker Natalie Thurlow Holly Thompson (5th) (13th)

Mixed doubles Season Female Male Events 2013–14 Jessica Smith Joshua Whyte NZMDCC 2013 (9th) 2014–15 Jessica Smith Peter Becker NZMDCC 2014 (9th) 2016–17 Jessica Smith Ben Smith NZMDCC 2016 2017–18 Jessica Smith Ben Smith NZMDCC 2017 (5th) 2018–19 Jessica Smith Ben Smith NZMDCC 2018 2019–20 Jessica Smith Ben Smith NZMDCC 2019 2020–21 Jessica Smith Ben Smith NZMDCC 2020 (4th) 2022–23 Jessica Smith Ben Smith NZMDCC 2022 2023–24 Jessica Smith Ben Smith NZMDCC 2023 2024–25 Jessica Smith Ben Smith NZMDCC 2024 (9th) 2025–26 Jessica Smith Ben Smith NZMDCC 2025 (15th)