Petr Dmitrievich Dron (russian: Пётр Дмитриевич Дрон; born 28 August 1985 in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

) is a Russian curler and curling

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. He lives in St. Petersburg. He competed at the 2013

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, and at the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...

. He currently coaches the Russian men's junior team.

Career

Dron has been playing on curling competitions since 1996. He finished the

Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health The Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health is a university in St. Petersburg, Russia, named after Peter Lesgaft. History Its history started from 1896, when Peter Lesgaft founded a training program for PE t ...

. Nationally, Dron won the Federation Cup of Russia (2010–2011), and thrice the

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(2007, 2011, 2013). He was a member of the Russian team at the

2013 World Men's Curling Championship The 2013 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2013 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 30 to April 7, 2013 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. This m ...

and at the European Curling Championships in

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and

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. Dron won the

2010 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The 2010 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held in Chelyabinsk, Russia from April 18–24, 2010. The event was held in conjunction with the 2010 World Senior Curling Championships. Many of the teams 2010 World Mixed Doubles Curling Cham ...

with Yana Nekrasova. At the 2014 Olympic Games in

, his team automatically qualified and became 7th there. In 2016, Dron and

Victoria Moiseeva Victoria Alexandrovna Moiseeva (russian: Викто́рия Алекса́ндровна Моисе́ева; born January 10, 1991) is a Russian curler. She won gold as an alternate of the Russian national women's team at the 2013 Winter Univer ...

won the Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup, defeating Spaniards Otaegi / Unanue.Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 2016. Результаты
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References

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* 1985 births Living people Curlers from Saint Petersburg Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Russian male curlers Olympic curlers for Russia Russian curling champions World mixed doubles curling champions Russian curling coaches Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health alumni {{Russia-curling-bio-stub