Thomas Løvold (born 27 January 1981) is a
Norwegian
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curler.
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At Junior level, Løvold competed as skip and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003
World Junior Curling Championships
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"B" tournaments.
He has gained worldwide attention for having played as the alternate for
Team Thomas Ulsrud at the
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
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and played third for
Team Torger Nergård at the
2010 World Curling Championship in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, winning the silver medal at both tournaments.
Thomas Løvold also skips his own team on
World Curling Tour
The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and mixed doubles curlers in the world.
History
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events. His most successful tournament was the 2009
Lucerne Curling Trophy where his team made it to the semi-finals but lost to
Team Ralph Stöckli of Switzerland.
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Personal life
Løvold is married and has two children. He is employed as a coach. He lives in Oslo, Lillehammer and Hamar
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Teams
References
External links
* Official homepage o
Team Ulsrud
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Living people
Norwegian male curlers
Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Olympic curlers for Norway
Olympic silver medalists for Norway
1981 births
Olympic medalists in curling
Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Norwegian curling coaches
European curling champions
Universiade medalists in curling
Universiade silver medalists for Norway
Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade
Sportspeople from Oslo
Sportspeople from Lillehammer
Sportspeople from Hamar
21st-century Norwegian people
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