Richard Ducroz (born 11 June 1983) is an internationally elite curler from

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. He made his World Championship debut at the 2007 Edmonton World Championships with a team skipped by

Thomas Dufour Thomas Dufour (born 12 February 1973) is a French curler. He currently skips the French national team. Career Thomas Dufour has played in: * 2 Olympic Games, the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. * 8 ...

. The team finished the round robin competition with a 6 - 5 record and in a four way tie for fourth place. They lost their tiebreaker against Team Sweden skipped by

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. In 2008 he returned to the World Championships with the same team and achieved the same 6 - 5 win–loss record, this time to finish in fifth place. Team Dufour's third trip to the world championships was less successful. They finished with a 4 - 7 record and in eighth place; however, it was good enough to earn a spot for Team France at the

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. Richard Ducroz's team has also competed at five

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and won the B Championship title at the 2005 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Championships. For the 2010 Olympic Games he is officially listed as playing Lead; however, at some competitions he will throw Second stones.

Teammates

2010 Vancouver Olympic Games *

, ''Skip'' *

Tony Angiboust Tony Angiboust (born 10 June 1983 in Chamonix, France) is an internationally elite curler from France. Career Tony Angiboust started curling in 1992 and curls out of the Sport Club of Chamonix. He currently is on the French team skipped by Thom ...

, ''Third'' *

Jan Henri Ducroz Jan Henri Ducroz (born 6 May 1971) is an internationally elite curler from Chamonix, France. He made his World Championship debut at the 2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship with a team skipped by Thomas Dufour. The team finished the roun ...

, ''Lead'' *

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, ''Alternate''

References

Sportspeople from Chamonix French male curlers 1983 births Living people Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for France {{France-curling-bio-stub