Richard Ducroz (born 11 June 1983) is an internationally elite curler from

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. He made his World Championship debut at the 2007 Edmonton World Championships with a team skipped by

Thomas Dufour Thomas Dufour (born 12 February 1973) is a French curler. He currently skips the French national team. Career Thomas Dufour has played in: * 2 Olympic Games, the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. * 8 ...

. The team finished the round robin competition with a 6 - 5 record and in a four way tie for fourth place. They lost their tiebreaker against Team Sweden skipped by

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. In 2008 he returned to the World Championships with the same team and achieved the same 6 - 5 win–loss record, this time to finish in fifth place. Team Dufour's third trip to the world championships was less successful. They finished with a 4 - 7 record and in eighth place; however, it was good enough to earn a spot for Team France at the

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. Richard Ducroz's team has also competed at five

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and won the B Championship title at the 2005 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Championships. For the 2010 Olympic Games he is officially listed as playing Lead; however, at some competitions he will throw Second stones.

Teammates

2010 Vancouver Olympic Games *

, ''Skip'' *

Tony Angiboust Tony Angiboust (born 10 June 1983 in Chamonix, France) is an internationally elite curler from France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and terri ...

, ''Third'' *

Jan Henri Ducroz Jan Henri Ducroz (born 6 May 1971) is an internationally elite curler from Chamonix, France. He made his World Championship debut at the 2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship with a team skipped by Thomas Dufour. The team finished the round ...

, ''Lead'' *

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, ''Alternate''

References

Sportspeople from Chamonix Curlers from Haute-Savoie French male curlers 1983 births Living people Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for France 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-curling-bio-stub