A. Paul "The Round Mound of Come Around" Savage (born June 25, 1947 in

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) is a Canadian curler, world champion and Olympic medallist.

Career

In 1983 he played

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for

Ed Werenich Edward Werenich (born June 23, 1947) is a Canadian curler from Holland Landing, Ontario. Nicknamed "The Wrench," Werenich has been known to be a colourful and outspoken character. Outside of curling, Werenich worked as a firefighter. Career We ...

's team when they won the

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and then won the 1983 World Men's Championship as Team Canada. He received a silver medal at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

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with the

Mike Harris Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945) is a Canadian retired politician who served as the 22nd premier of Ontario from 1995 to 2002 and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC Party) from 1990 to 2002. During his time ...

rink, where he was the substitute."1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Curling"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 20, 2008) He is considered to be one of the best left-handers to play the game. Savage made seven appearances at the

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, the Canadian men's national championship, between 1970 and 1988, five times as skip of the Ontario rink and twice as third. He was named to the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 1988. In 2009, Savage and the rest of his 1983 world champion team, which included Werenich, John Kawaja and Neil Harrison were inducted into the

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Personal life

He lives in

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. Savage has a tattoo showing a curling stone nested inside the Canadian flag, which he got before the 1998 Nagano Olympics. In 2002 he made a cameo appearance in the curling comedy ''

Men With Brooms ''Men with Brooms'' is a 2002 Canadian romantic comedy film, starring and directed by Paul Gross. Centred on the sport of curling, the offbeat comedy tells the story of a reunited curling team from a small Canadian town as they work through their ...

'', playing a television announcer.

References

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* 1947 births Brier champions Curlers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Living people Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers of Canada Olympic medalists in curling Olympic silver medalists for Canada Curlers from Toronto World curling champions Canadian male curlers 20th-century Canadian people {{Canada-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub