Simone Gonin (born 23 August 1989) is an Italian curler from

Pinerolo Pinerolo (; ; ; ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, northwestern Italy, southwest of Turin on the river Chisone. The Lemina torrent has its source at the boundary between Pinerolo and San Pietro Val di Lemi ...

. He represented Italy at the

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and

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. He was ejected from a game against the Czech Republic at the

2022 World Men's Curling Championship The 2022 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 2022 LGT World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from April 2 to April 10 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, United States. Team Sweden, skipped by Niklas Edin, was ...

after smashing his broom. The head of the brush popped off, and landed on the adjacent sheet in front of U.S. skip

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while he was throwing. Gonin was apologetic when he retrieved his brush head, and Dropkin made his shot anyway. Despite the incident, Gonin was awarded the Collie Campbell Memorial Award for sportsmanship at the event. The Italian team also won the bronze medal that year, the first medal for Italy at the World Men's Championship.

Personal life

Gonin is employed as a curling instructor and manager.2019 World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide: Team Italy

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( Beijing 2022) * 1989 births Living people Italian male curlers Olympic curlers for Italy Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Pinerolo People from Savigliano Sportspeople from the Province of Cuneo 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-curling-bio-stub