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| Born | December 5, 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Hibbing CC, Minnesota | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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David Violette (born December 5, 1963) is an American curler from Plover, Wisconsin. [1]
At the national level, he is a 1998 United States men's champion curler. He was a member of Team United States at the 1998 World Men's Curling Championship where they finished sixth. [2]
Violette's parents curled and he began playing in a league at eleven years old. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point in 1986. [1]
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 1994–95 | Paul Pustovar (4th) | Dave Violette | Richard Maskel | Steve Brown (skip) | |||
| 1995–96 | Paul Pustovar (4th) | Dave Violette | Richard Maskel | Steve Brown (skip) | [3] | ||
| 1996–97 | Steve Brown | Dave Violette | Richard Maskel | Paul Pustovar | |||
| 1997–98 | Paul Pustovar | Dave Violette | Greg Wilson | Cory Ward | Shawn Rojeski (WCC) | Bill Tschirhart | 1998 USMCC  1998 WMCC (6th) |
| 1998–99 | Paul Pustovar | Dave Violette | Greg Wilson | Mike Peplinski | |||
| 1999–00 | Paul Pustovar | Dave Violette | Mike Peplinski | Cory Ward | Greg Wilson | [3] | |
| 2000–01 [3] | Paul Pustovar | Mike Peplinski | Dave Violette | Cory Ward | Doug Anderson | 2001 USMCC  [4] | |
| 2001–02 [5] | Paul Pustovar | Mike Peplinski | Dave Violette | Cory Ward | Doug Anderson | Mike Liapis | 2001 USOCT (4th) [6] |
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