Lionel Tournier | |
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Team | |
Curling club | Club de sports Megève, Megève [1] |
Career | |
Member Association | ![]() |
World Championship appearances | 1 (2000) |
European Championship appearances | 10 (1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001) |
Other appearances | World Junior Championships: 3 (1985, 1986, 1988) |
Medal record |
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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1984–85 | Lionel Tournier | Frank Riom | Jean-Francois Delavay | Pascal Coppel | WJCC 1985 (8th) | ||
1985–86 | Lionel Tournier | Thierry Mercier | Jean-Francois Delavay | Pascal Coppel | WJCC 1986 (9th) | ||
1987–88 | Thierry Mercier | Lionel Tournier | Christian Cossetto | René-Georges Wohlfei | Jan Henri Ducroz | WJCC 1988 (9th) | |
1989–90 | Dominique Dupont-Roc | Daniel Cosetto | Lionel Tournier | Patrick Philippe | ECC 1989 (4th) | ||
1990–91 | Thierry Mercier | Daniel Cosetto | Lionel Tournier | Laurent Flenghi | Joel Indergand | ECC 1990 (6th) | |
1993–94 | Jan Henri Ducroz | Christian Dupont-Roc | Lionel Tournier | Cyrille Prunet | Thierry Mercier | ECC 1993 (6th) | |
1994–95 | Thierry Mercier (fourth) | Christophe Boan (skip) | Patrick Philippe | Gerard Ravello | Lionel Tournier | Michel Jeannot | ECC 1994 (13th) |
1995–96 | Jan Henri Ducroz | Spencer Mugnier | Daniel Cosetto | Thomas Dufour | Lionel Tournier | Patrick Philippe | ECC 1995 (8th) |
1996–97 | Jan Henri Ducroz | Spencer Mugnier | Thomas Dufour | Lionel Tournier | Cyrille Prunet | ECC 1996 (13th) | |
1997–98 | Jan Henri Ducroz | Spencer Mugnier | Thomas Dufour | Cyrille Prunet | Lionel Tournier | Raymond Ducroz | ECC 1997 (11th) |
1998–99 | Jan Henri Ducroz | Spencer Mugnier | Thomas Dufour | Lionel Tournier | Cyrille Prunet | Maurice Dupont-Roc, Andrée Dupont-Roc | ECC 1998 (13th) |
1999–00 | Thierry Mercier | Cyrille Prunet | Eric Laffin | Gerard Ravello | Lionel Tournier | ECC 1999 (7th) WCC 2000 (9th) | |
2001–02 | Thierry Mercier | Cyrille Prunet | Eric Laffin | Lionel Tournier | ECC 2001 (7th) |
Michel Tournier was a French writer. He won awards such as the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1967 for Friday, or, The Other Island and the Prix Goncourt for The Erl-King in 1970. His inspirations included traditional German culture, Catholicism and the philosophies of Gaston Bachelard. He resided in Choisel and was a member of the Académie Goncourt. His autobiography has been translated and published as The Wind Spirit. He was on occasion in contention for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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