Bard Nordlund

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Bard Nordlund
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of the United States.svg  United States
World Championship
appearances
3 (1988, 1989, 1990)
Medal record
Curling
United States Men's Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1988 St. Paul
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1989 Detroit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 Superior

Bard Nordlund is an American curler and three-time national champion from Seattle, Washington.

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Curling career

In 1988 Nordlund played third on Doug Jones' national champion team; they went on to finish in tenth place at the World Championship. [1] [2] The following year Nordlund returned to Nationals on Jim Vukich's team and again winning and placing tenth at World's. [3] [4] In 1990 Nordlund returned to Jones' team and again won gold at the National Championship, this time improving to seventh at World's. [5] [6]

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateEvents
1987–88 Doug Jones Bard Nordlund Murphy Tomlinson Mike Grennan 1988 USMCC Gold medal icon.svg [1]
1988 WMCC (10th) [2]
1988–89 Jim Vukich Curtis Fish Bard Nordlund Jim Pleasants Jason Larway 1989 USMCC Gold medal icon.svg [3]
1989 WMCC (10th) [4]
1989–90Bard Nordlund (fourth)Doug Jones (skip)Murphy Tomlinson Tom Violette 1990 USMCC Gold medal icon.svg [5]
1990 WMCC (7th) [6]
1999–00Tom VioletteCurt FishBard NordlundMurphy TomlinsonDoug Jones2000 USMCC (??? th) [7]
2004–05Bard NordlundTom VioletteChris PleasantsBret Nordlund [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Holt, Gordy (March 31, 1988). "TAKING IT ALL FOR GRANITE - LOCAL CURLING TEAMS PLAN TO SWEEP AWAY ALL OPPONENTS AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. p. C1.
  2. 1 2 "Hexagon World Curling Championships 1988". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Fiorito, Matt (March 12, 1989). "Curling finals: Vukich beats clock; Lagasse bakes Alaska". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "World Curling Championships 1989". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Seattle curlers again set to vie for world title". The Seattle Times. March 24, 1990. p. B4.
  6. 1 2 "World Curling Championships 1990". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  7. "Competitors". USA Curling. Archived from the original on Apr 11, 2001. Retrieved Mar 25, 2021.
  8. "USA Curling 2004-05 Athlete Biography". USA Curling. Archived from the original on December 27, 2004. Retrieved August 13, 2020.