Thomas Løvold (born 27 January 1981) is a
Norwegian curler.
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At Junior level, Løvold competed as skip and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003
World Junior Curling Championships
The World Junior Curling Championships are an annual curling bonspiel featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competitions for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 19 ...
"B" tournaments.
He has gained worldwide attention for having played as the alternate for
Team Thomas Ulsrud at the
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
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and played third for
Team Torger Nergård at the
2010 World Curling Championship in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, winning the silver medal at both tournaments.
Thomas Løvold also skips his own team on
World Curling Tour
The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and Doubles curling, mixed doubles curlers in the world.
History
The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later ass ...
events. His most successful tournament was the 2009
Lucerne Curling Trophy where his team made it to the semi-finals but lost to
Team Ralph Stöckli of Switzerland.
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Personal life
Løvold is married and has two children. He is employed as a coach. He lives in Oslo, Lillehammer and Hamar
Hamar is a List of cities in Norway, town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet Counties of Norway, county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Hedmarken. ...
.
Teams
References
External links
* Official homepage o
Team Ulsrud
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Living people
Norwegian male curlers
Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Olympic curlers for Norway
Olympic silver medalists for Norway
1981 births
Olympic medalists in curling
Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Norwegian curling coaches
European curling champions
Winter World University Games medalists in curling
FISU World University Games silver medalists for Norway
Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade
Curlers from Oslo
Sportspeople from Lillehammer
Sportspeople from Hamar
21st-century Norwegian sportsmen
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