Tom Violette
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| Tom Violette | |
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| Born | October 26, 1960 |
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| Curling club | Granite CC, Seattle, WA |
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| Member Association | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States |
| World Championship appearances | 2 (1990, 1992) |
| Other appearances | World Senior Championships: 1 (2015) |
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Tom Violette (born October 26, 1960) is an American curler from Issaquah, Washington and Stevens Point, Wisconsin.[1]
He is a 1992 World Men's bronze medallist,[2] a two-time United States men's curling champion (1990, 1992), and a 2015 World Seniors gold medalist.
Teams
[edit | edit source]| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 1989–90 | Bard Nordlund (fourth) | Doug Jones (skip) | Murphy Tomlinson | Tom Violette | 1990 USMCC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1990 WMCC (7th)[1] | ||
| 1991–92 | Doug Jones | Jason Larway | Joel Larway | Tom Violette | 1992 USMCC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1992 WMCC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[3] | ||
| 1994–95 | Doug Jones | Murray Beighton | Ken Trask | Tom Violette | |||
| 1998–99 | Jason Larway | Travis Way | Joel Larway | Tom Violette | |||
| 1999–00 | Tom Violette | Curt Fish | Bard Nordlund | Murphy Tomlinson | Doug Jones | 2000 USMCC (DNQ)[4] | |
| 2003–04 | Wes Johnson | Leon Romaniuk | Colin Hufman | Ryan Beighton | Tom Violette | 2004 USMCC (13th)[5] | |
| 2011–12 | Tom Violette | Leon Romaniuk | Paul Lyttle | Steve Lundeen | |||
| 2014–15 | Lyle Sieg | Tom Violette | Ken Trask | Steve Lundeen | Duane Rutan | Greg Violette | 2015 USSCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)[6] 2015 WSCC 1st place, gold medalist(s) |
| 2015–16 | Lyle Sieg | Tom Violette | Ken Trask | Steve Lundeen | Duane Rutan | 2016 USSCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | |
| 2016–17 | Lyle Sieg | Tom Violette | Ken Trask | Steve Lundeen | Duane Rutan | 2017 USSCC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) |
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Tom Violette started curling in 1974, when he was 14 years old.
His son Luc Violette[7] is a curler too. He played for United States in four World Junior Championships and at the 2019 Winter Universiade.
References
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- ^ Men's Champions - Senior National Championships - USA Curling
- ^ Luc Violette at World Curling
External links
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