Curtis "Curt" Tomasevicz (born September 17, 1980) is an American

bobsled Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobs ...

der who has competed since 2004, and a former college football player. He won six medals at the

FIBT World Championships The IBSF World Championships (known as the FIBT World Championships until 2015), part of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, have taken place on an annual basis since FIBT World Championships 1930, 1930. Starting with 2002, no Wo ...

with two golds (Four-man:

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

), a silver (Mixed team:

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

) and three bronzes (Two-man: 2009, Mixed team:

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

, 2009). Tomasevicz finished sixth in the four-man event at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...

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. He was an alternate during the (2006–07) season on World Cup tour for driver

Steven Holcomb Steven Paul Holcomb (April 14, 1980 – May 6, 2017) was an American Bobsleigh, bobsledder who competed from 1998 until his death in 2017. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he won the four-man bobsled event for the United States, it ...

and won a gold in Cesana,

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during the 2007–08 season. It was announced on January 15, 2010 that he made the US team in both the two-man and four-man events at the

2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ...

, where he won a gold medal.

Personal life

Tomasevicz earned his bachelor degree and Master of Science degree in

electrical engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

with a minor in

astronomy Astronomy is a natural science that studies celestial objects and the phenomena that occur in the cosmos. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry in order to explain their origin and their overall evolution. Objects of interest includ ...

, and in December 2017 a PhD in biological systems engineering, all from the

University of Nebraska-Lincoln A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Uni ...

. He played fullback and middle linebacker for the

Nebraska Cornhuskers The Nebraska Cornhuskers (often abbreviated to Huskers) are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The university is a member of the Big Ten Conference and competes in NCAA Division I, fielding t ...

football team from 2000–2003, and was named an Academic All-Big 12 player in 2002. He comes from

Shelby, Nebraska Shelby is a village in Polk County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 714 at the 2010 census. Shelby lies along the north side of U.S. Highway 81 near the eastern edge of Polk County. It is east of Osceola, and just south and we ...

. Tomasevicz serves as an Assistant Professor in biological systems engineering at the

, and also speaks at schools around Nebraska. Tomasevicz is a faithful Catholic who has an appreciation for the Church's longstanding and fruitful relationship with science, and an appreciation for other aspects of the Church's history. http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/olympic-gold-medalist-shares-sochi-experience/

References

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Curt Tomasevicz
at the

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US Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation announcement of the US Olympic men's bobsleigh team
January 17, 2010. Accessed January 18, 2010.

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20071208114645/http://www.engineering.unl.edu/ENonline/Spring06/21.shtml From the Gridiron to G-Forces
Engineers on the Gridiron

Huskers.com
* http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/olympic-gold-medalist-shares-sochi-experience/

External links

* * * * 1980 births American male bobsledders 21st-century American engineers Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Living people Nebraska Cornhuskers football players Olympic gold medalists for the United States in bobsleigh People from Shelby, Nebraska Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni Sportspeople from Nebraska Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in bobsleigh 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-bobsleigh-bio-stub