Tom Kidd (curler)
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Thomas Kidd (born December 15, 1945) is an Australian curler. He is originally from
Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...
,
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, where he grew up. He later lived in
Richmond, British Columbia Richmond is a coastal city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. It occupies almost the entirety of Lulu Island (excluding Queensborough), between the two estuarine distributaries of the Fraser River. Encompassing the ad ...
. As of 1992, he was living in
Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
. At the international level, he is a three-time curler (1991, 1992, 1993). He competed at the
1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...
when curling was a
demonstration sport A demonstration sport, or exhibition sport, is a sport which is played to promote it, rather than as part of standard medal competition. This occurs commonly during the Olympic Games, but may also occur at other sporting events. Demonstration spor ...
;Official Report 1992W page 630 - Olympic Official Reports Collection
/ref> Australian men's team finished on seventh place. At the national level, he is a three-time Australian men's champion curler (1991, 1992, 1993)


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* * Living people 1945 births Curlers from Winnipeg Australian male curlers Pacific-Asian curling champions Australian curling champions Curlers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for Australia Canadian emigrants to Australia Sportspeople from Melbourne Sportspeople from Richmond, British Columbia Curlers from British Columbia {{Australia-curling-bio-stub