Thomas Ulsrud
| Thomas Ulsrud | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 21 October 1971 |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Snarøen CC, Oslo, Norway |
| Skip | Thomas Ulsrud |
| Third | Torger Nergård |
| Second | Christoffer Svae |
| Lead | Håvard Vad Petersson |
| Alternate | Thomas Løvold |
Curling career  | |
| World Championship appearances | 9 (1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013) |
| European Championship appearances | 11 (1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) |
Thomas Ulsrud (born 21 October 1971) is a Norwegian curler.[1][2][3] He is a European champion and Olympic silver medallist, and currently skips the Norwegian men's national team.
Career
Ulsrud has curled professionally since 1983.[2] In his second World Junior Curling Championship in 1988, Ulsrud skipped Norway to a bronze medal.
In 1997, he skipped in his first European Curling Championships, finishing in seventh place. Team Ulsrud competed again in 2000-2003, 2006–2009, winning bronze in 2002, silver in 2007, and bronze in 2009.[4]
In his first World Curling Championship in 1998, Ulsrud skipped Norway to fifth place. After serving as the alternate for Pål Trulsen's team in 1999, he returned again as skip in 2006-2009, making the playoffs for the first time in 2006 and then defeated USA's Team Pete Fenson to win the bronze medal. Two more bronze medals followed in 2008 and 2009.[5]
During the 2007-2010 seasons, Team Ulsrud was also champion in six World Curling Tour events, namely, the 2007 & 2009 Lucerne Curling Trophies, 2008 Baden Masters, 2008 Radisson SAS Oslo Cup, 2009 Swiss Cup Basel, and 2009 Bern Open.[3]
At the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Team Ulsrud attracted worldwide attention, not only for introducing Loudmouth Golf's colourful harlequin pants to the arena,[6] but also for winning the silver medal after the final game against Canada's Team Kevin Martin.[7]
Immediately at the start of the 2010 World Curling Championship in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Ulsrud had to return home for family reasons. With Torger Nergård acting as skip, Ulsrud's teammates took first place at the end of round-robin games (10-1 score) and won the silver medal.[8]
Team Ulsrud began the 2010-11 curling season by winning their first European Curling Championship gold medal in Champéry, Switzerland.[9]
Teams
Grand Slam record
| Key | |
|---|---|
| C | Champion |
| F | Lost in Final |
| SF | Lost in Semifinal |
| QF | Lost in Quarterfinals |
| R16 | Lost in the round of 16 |
| Q | Did not advance to playoffs |
| T2 | Played in Tier 2 event |
| DNP | Did not participate in event |
| N/A | Not a Grand Slam event that season |
| Event | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | Q | SF | Q | Q | Q |
| Canadian Open | Q | DNP | QF | SF | Q | DNP | DNP |
| The National | Q | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | QF | Q |
| Players' Championships | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | QF |
External links
- Official homepage of Team Ulsrud
- Thomas Ulsrud on the World Curling database
- Profile at ASHAM World Curling Tour
- Complete coverages of Team Norway's Olympics performances at the official Vancouver Olympic Games 2010 Channel
- Thomas Ulsrud and Håvard Vad Petersson interviewed on Eurosport Norge. "EurosportNorge møter curlinggutta". 4 December 2009.
- Team Norway interviewed on Grand Slam of Curling. Olympic Curling – Team Norway. 17 February 2010.
References
- ^ "About Team Ulsrud". TeamUlsrud.com. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Thomas Ulsrud, Curling" (Curling > Athletes). Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- ^ a b "Thomas Ulsrud" (Profiles > Events). ASHAM World Curling Tour. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ "Results/Statistics" (Competitions > European Championships). European Curling Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ "Championships". World Curling Federation Results and Statistics database. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ "The Conversation: pants from the curlers of Norway (Diane Sawyer chats with Christoffer Svae). ABC News (Video). 26 February 2010.
- ^ "Men's Gold Medal Game" (Curling Schedule > Results). Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. 27 February 2010.
- ^ "Capitol One World Men's Championship - Day 6" (News). World Curling Federation. 8 April 2010.
- ^ "Results/Statistics" (Competitions > European Championships). European Curling Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2010.