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Håvard Vad Petersson (born 5 January 1984 in
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) is a Norwegian curler from
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who was the long time lead for Team Thomas Ulsrud. Athletes).">"Håvard Vad Petersson, Curling" (Curling > Athletes).
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. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
He is currently the coach of the
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rink. At the junior level, Petersson played lead for Team Thomas Løvold and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003
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"B" tournaments. In 2004, he competed as skip for the first time at the World Junior Curling Championship, finishing in sixth place. With Team Ulsrud during the 2007–2010 seasons, Petersson won six
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events, three
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medals (silver in 2007 and 2008; bronze in 2009), three
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medals (bronze in 2008 and 2009; silver in 2010), and silver at the
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. His shooting accuracy proved to be consistently high in the 80–90 percentiles during the 2009–10 season, which significantly contributed to his team's top round-robin standings at the 2009 European Curling Championship and 2010 World Curling Championship."Capitol One World Men's Championship – Day 6" (News).
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. 8 April 2010.
Petersson's ability to achieve athletic excellence despite being able to see out of only one eye is often a topic of discussion for sports commentators.


Personal life

Petersson is married to Kristin Olstad and has two children. Before coaching, he was employed as a businessman, and owned Smoothie Xchange/Funky Frozen Yogurt.2018 Continental Cup Media Guide


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* * * * * Complete coverages of Team Norway's Olympics performances at the officia
Vancouver Olympic Games 2010 Channel
* Håvard Vad Petersson and Thomas Ulrud interviewed o
Eurosport Norge"EurosportNorge møter curlinggutta"
4 December 2009. * Håvard Vad Petersson interviewed o
Eurosport Norge"EurosportNorge om hvordan curling fungerer"
4 December 2009. * Team Norway interviewed o
Grand Slam of CurlingOlympic Curling – Team Norway
17 February 2010. {{DEFAULTSORT:Petersson, Havard Living people Norwegian male curlers Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics 1984 births Olympic curlers for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in curling Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics World curling champions Sportspeople from Arendal Curlers from Oslo Continental Cup of Curling participants European curling champions Norwegian curling coaches 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen