Tomáš Paul (born 3 April 1988 in

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) is a Czech curler.

Curling career

Men's

Playing of Charles University, Paul has played in two

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s. The first was the

2011 Winter Universiade The XXV Winter Universiade, took place in Erzurum, Turkey between 27 January to 6 February. Erzurum is the city at the highest altitude in Turkey, at , and has over 320 cultural landmarks. Located in Eastern Anatolia Region, it is a city on the ...

, where Paul threw second stones for the Czech team, skipped by Lukáš Klíma, winning a bronze medal. He played in the

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as well, with Klíma skipping. They had less success, finishing in 7th place. Paul first played for the Czech national team at the men's level at the

2015 European Curling Championships The 2015 European Curling Championships were held from November 20 to 28 in Esbjerg, Denmark. Denmark last hosted the European Curling Championships in 1996 in Copenhagen. The Group C competitions were held during October in Champéry, Switzer ...

, playing second for the team skipped by David Šik. The team finished in 9th place. He played again for Šik at the

2018 European Curling Championships The 2018 Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships were held from November 16 to 24 in Tallinn, Estonia. The C Division competitions were held in April in Copenhagen, Denmark. The top seven men's teams will qualify for the 2019 World Men's ...

, this time in B Division play. They went undefeated in the round robin but faltered in the playoffs, settling for third place in the division.

Mixed doubles

In addition to regular curling, Paul plays

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. He has played in five

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s for his native Czech Republic. At his first World Championship in

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, he and partner Zuzana Paulová ended up capturing the bronze medal. At the 2014 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, the pair finished in 7th, and at the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, they finished 4th, which would not be enough to qualify them for the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

. Paulová and Paul represented the Czech Republic again at the

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and 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships, finishing 10th in 2018 and losing in the quarterfinals in 2019. In February 2020, Paulová and Paul won 2020 Czech Mixed Doubles Curling ChampionshipFinále mixed doubles 2020 , Curling CZ
/ref> one more time. They were set to represent the Czech Republic at the

2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The 2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was scheduled to be held from April 18 to 25 at the Kelowna Curling Club in Kelowna, Canada. On March 14, 2020, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was scheduled to be h ...

before the event was cancelled due to the

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* 1988 births Living people Czech male curlers Czech curling champions FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Czech Republic Winter World University Games medalists in curling Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for the Czech Republic Sportspeople from Prague Charles University alumni {{CzechRepublic-curling-bio-stub