Curtis "Curt" Tomasevicz (born September 17, 1980) is an American bobsledder who has competed since 2004, and a former college football player. He won six medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (Four-man:

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), a silver (Mixed team:

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

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

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

in Turin. 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 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, its first gol ...

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

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, 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 which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

with a minor in astronomy, and in December 2017 a PhD in

biological systems engineering Biological systems engineering or Biosystems engineering is a broad-based engineering discipline with particular emphasis on non-medical biology. It can be thought of as a subset of the broader notion of biological engineering or bio-technology t ...

, all from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He played fullback and middle linebacker for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team from 2000–2003, and was named an Academic All-Big 12 player in 2002. He comes from Shelby, Nebraska. Tomasevicz serves as an Assistant Professor in biological systems engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 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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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

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