Simone Gonin (born 23 August 1989) is an Italian curler from

Pinerolo Pinerolo (; pms, Pinareul ; french: Pignerol; oc, Pineròl) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, northwestern Italy, southwest of Turin on the river Chisone. The Lemina torrent has its source at the boundary be ...

. He represented Italy at the

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and

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

. He was ejected from a game against the Czech Republic at the

2022 World Men's Curling Championship The 2022 World Men's Curling Championship was held from April 2 to April 10 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, United States. Team Sweden, skipped by Niklas Edin, was the defending championship team. The 2022 WMCC trialed the no-tick rule for the fi ...

after smashing his broom. The head of the brush popped off, and landed on the adjacent sheet in front of U.S. skip

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while he was throwing. Gonin was apologetic when he retrieved his brush head, and Dropkin made his shot anyway. Despite the incident, Gonin was awarded the

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for sportsmanship at the event. The Italian team also won the bronze medal that year, the first medal for Italy at the World Men's Championship.

Personal life

Gonin is employed as a curling instructor and manager.2019 World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide: Team Italy

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* 1989 births Living people Italian male curlers Olympic curlers of Italy Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics People from Pinerolo People from Savigliano Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Turin Sportspeople from the Province of Cuneo {{Italy-curling-bio-stub