# Daniel Rafael

Daniel J. "Dan" Rafael (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, Italy, Czech Republic, Turkey, Russia, Poland.
He grew up and started playing curling in Schefferville, Quebec, where he played his entire junior curling career.

## Teams and events

| 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 |

## National coach

| Years | Country |
| 2007 | France |
| 2007–2010 | China |
| 2010–2012 | Italy |
| 2012–2014 | Czech Republic |
| 2014–2015 | Turkey |
| 2015–2018 | China |
| 2018–2022 | Russia |
| 2023–Present | Spain |

## Record as a coach of national teams

| Year | Tournament, event | National team | Place |
| 2007 | 2007 World Men's Curling Championship | France (men) | 7 |
| 2007 | 2007 Pacific Curling Championships | China (men) | |
| 2007 | 2007 Pacific Curling Championships | China (women) | |
| 2008 | 2008 World Men's Curling Championship | China (men) | 4 |
| 2008 | 2008 Pacific Curling Championships | China (men) | |
| 2008 | 2008 Pacific Curling Championships | China (women) | |
| 2009 | 2009 Pacific Junior Curling Championships | China (junior men) | |
| 2009 | 2009 Pacific Junior Curling Championships | China (junior women) | |
| 2009 | 2009 Winter Universiade | China (men) | |
| 2009 | 2009 Winter Universiade | China (women) | |
| 2009 | 2009 World Women's Curling Championship | China (women) | |
| 2009 | 2009 World Men's Curling Championship | China (men) | 9 |
| 2009 | 2009 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | China (mixed doubles) | 4 |
| 2009 | 2009 Pacific Curling Championships | China (men) | |
| 2009 | 2009 Pacific Curling Championships | China (women) | |
| 2010 | 2010 Winter Olympics | China (women) | |
| 2010 | 2010 World Women's Curling Championship | China (women) | 7 |
| 2010 | 2010 European Curling Championships | Italy (men) | 11 |
| 2010 | 2010 European Curling Championships | Italy (women) | 12 |
| 2011 | 2011 European Curling Championships | Italy (men) | 10 |
| 2012 | 2012 European Junior Curling Challenge | Italy (junior men) | |
| 2012 | 2012 European Junior Curling Challenge | Italy (junior women) | |
| 2012 | 2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship | Italy (wheelchair) | 10 |
| 2012 | 2012 World Women's Curling Championship | Italy (women) | 10 |
| 2012 | 2012 European Curling Championships | Czech Republic (men) | |
| 2012 | 2012 European Curling Championships | Czech Republic (women) | 8 |
| 2013 | 2013 World Men's Curling Championship | Czech Republic (men) | 8 |
| 2014 | 2014 World Men's Curling Championship | Czech Republic (men) | 7 |
| 2014 | 2014 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | Czech Republic (mixed doubles) | 7 |
| 2014 | 2014 European Mixed Curling Championship | Turkey (mixed) | 21 |
| 2014 | 2014 European Curling Championships | Turkey (men) | 15 |
| 2014 | 2014 European Curling Championships | Turkey (women) | 15 |
| 2015 | 2015 European Junior Curling Challenge | Turkey (junior men) | |
| 2015 | 2015 European Junior Curling Challenge | Turkey (junior women) | |
| 2015 | 2015 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | Turkey (mixed doubles) | 22 |
| 2016 | 2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | Russia (mixed doubles) | |
| 2017 | 2017 World Women's Curling Championship | Russia (women) | |
| 2017 | 2017 European Curling Championships | Poland (women) | |
| 2018 | 2018 Winter Olympics | OAR (Russia) (mixed doubles) | DSQ |
| 2018 | 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | Russia (mixed doubles) | |
| 2018 | 2018–19 Curling World Cup – First Leg | China (men) | 7 |
| 2018 | 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships | China (men) | |
| 2018 | 2018–19 Curling World Cup – Second Leg | China (mixed doubles) | 6 |
| 2019 | 2018–19 Curling World Cup – Third Leg | China (men) | 8 |
| 2019 | 2019 World Men's Curling Championship | China (men) | 11 |
| 2024 | 2024 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | Spain (mixed doubles) | 20 |