Tomáš Paul (born 3 April 1988 in

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) is a Czech curler.

Curling career

Men's

Playing of

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, 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

2013 Winter Universiade The 2013 Winter Universiade, the XXVI Winter Universiade, was a winter multi-sport event which took place in Trentino, Italy between 11 and 21 December 2013. This was the first time that a Winter Universiade happened after the Summer Universiade ...

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 is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . ...

, 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 C ...

, 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

mixed doubles Mixed doubles or mixed pairs is a form of mixed-sex sports that consists of teams of one man and one woman. This variation of competition is prominent in curling and racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis, and badminton (where it is known ...

. He has played in five

World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments featuring the world's best teams of mixed doubles curlers. History The tournament began in 2008 with the 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Switzerland's ...

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 2014 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship were held from April 23 to 30 at the Dumfries Ice Bowl in Dumfries, Scotland. The event was held in conjunction with the 2014 World Senior Curling Championships. Switzerland continued their dom ...

, 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 (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko ...

. Paulová and Paul represented the Czech Republic again at the

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and

2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held in Stavanger, Norway from April 20 to 27, 2019. The event was held in conjunction with the 2019 World Senior Curling Championships. A record forty-eight nations competed in the event, i ...

s, finishing 10th in 2018 and losing in the quarterfinals in 2019. In February 2020, Paulová and Paul won 2020 Czech Mixed Doubles Curling Championship one more time. They were set to represent the Czech Republic at the 2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 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 Curlers from Prague Charles University alumni 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-curling-bio-stub