| Daniel Rafael | |
| Birth Date: | 1961 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Mont-Laurier, Quebec, Canada |
Daniel J. "Dan" Rafael[1] (born November 16, 1961, in Mont-Laurier, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian male curler and curling coach. He worked as national curling coach (head coach of national curling federation) and national curling teams coach of France, China,[2] [3] Italy,[4] Czech Republic, Turkey,[5] Russia, Poland.
He grew up and started playing curling in Schefferville, Quebec, where he played his entire junior curling career.
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–95 | Peter Byrns | Daniel Rafael | Kevin Yerbury | J. Laverdiere | |
| 2001–02 | Daniel Rafael | ? | ? | ? | |
| 2002–03 | Peter Byrns | Daniel Rafael | Don Field | Mike Kennedy | |
| 2003–04 | Dan Elie | Gerry Lafferty | Daniel Rafael | Patrice Lemieux |
| Years | Country | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | ||
| 2007–2010 | ||
| 2010–2012 | ||
| 2012–2014 | ||
| 2014–2015 | ||
| 2015–2018 | ||
| 2018–2022 | ||
| 2023-Present |
| Year | Tournament, event | National team | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | (men) | |||
| 2007 | (men) | |||
| 2007 | (women) | |||
| 2008 | (men) | |||
| 2008 | (men) | |||
| 2008 | (women) | |||
| 2009 | (junior men) | |||
| 2009 | (junior women) | |||
| 2009 | (men) | |||
| 2009 | (women) | |||
| 2009 | (women) | |||
| 2009 | (men) | |||
| 2009 | (mixed doubles) | |||
| 2009 | (men) | |||
| 2009 | (women) | |||
| 2010 | (women) | |||
| 2010 | (women) | |||
| 2010 | (men) | |||
| 2010 | (women) | |||
| 2011 | (men) | |||
| 2012 | (junior men) | |||
| 2012 | (junior women) | |||
| 2012 | (wheelchair) | |||
| 2012 | (women) | |||
| 2012 | (men) | |||
| 2012 | (women) | |||
| 2013 | (men) | |||
| 2014 | (men) | |||
| 2014 | (mixed doubles) | |||
| 2014 | (mixed) | |||
| 2014 | (men) | |||
| 2014 | (women) | |||
| 2015 | (junior men) | |||
| 2015 | (junior women) | |||
| 2015 | (mixed doubles) | |||
| 2016 | (mixed doubles) | |||
| 2017 | (women) | |||
| 2017 | (women) | |||
| 2018 | OAR (Russia) (mixed doubles) | |||
| 2018 | (mixed doubles) | |||
| 2018 | (men) | |||
| 2018 | (men) | |||
| 2018 | (mixed doubles) | |||
| 2019 | (men) | |||
| 2019 | (men) | |||
| 2024 | (mixed doubles) |