Charley M. Thomas (born April 4, 1986 in

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) is a

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curler from

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who currently skips his own rink on the

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Curling career

Thomas started his career with an Alberta Provincial Junior title in 2004 and made his debut on the national and international curling scene representing Alberta and winning the 2006 Canadian Junior Curling Championships (Thunder Bay, Ontario) and 2006 World Junior Curling Championships (Jeonju, Korea). Thomas and team also qualified for the 2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships by winning the 2007 Alberta Junior Provincials at the Granite Curling Club in

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. He went on to win his second straight Canadian Junior title over Brett Gallant's rink from

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, as well as a consecutive World Junior title by defeating

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. After juniors, Thomas skipped his own team before teaming up with

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in 2008, throwing fourth stones for the team. Thomas played one season with Schille. Thomas returned to skipping between 2010 and 2014, and joined the Virtue rink for the 2014-15 season. Thomas and teammate

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won the 2015 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials and represented Canada at the 2015 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship to a 4th-place finish. Thomas returned as a skip for the 2015-16 curling season, playing in two

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events that season and four more in the 2016-17 curling season (including playing third on

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's team in one event, as Gushue was out due to a hip injury.

Personal life

Thomas was a student at the

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in 2017.

Awards

* Canadian Junior Men First Team All-star skip: 2006 * Canadian Junior Men First Team All-star skip: 2007

Grand Slam record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Charley 1986 births Living people People from Didsbury, Alberta Curlers from Victoria, British Columbia Canadian male curlers Canadian mixed doubles curling champions Canadian curling coaches Curlers from Calgary Canada Cup (curling) participants 21st-century Canadian sportsmen