Simone Gonin

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Simone Gonin
Born (1989-08-23) 23 August 1989 (age 35)
Savigliano, Italy
Team
Curling club SC Pinerolo [1]
Pinerolo
Mixed doubles
partner
Martina Lo Deserto
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
World Championship
appearances
3 (2017, 2019, 2022)
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances
4 (2012, 2015, 2017, 2018)
World Mixed Championship
appearances
1 (2024)
European Championship
appearances
5 (2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)
Olympic
appearances
2 (2018, 2022)
Medal record
Men's Curling
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
World Men's Curling Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Las Vegas
European Curling Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Tallinn
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Lillehammer

Simone Gonin (born 23 August 1989) is an Italian curler [2] from Pinerolo.

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He represented Italy at the 2018 [1] and 2022 Winter Olympics. [3]

He was ejected from a game against the Czech Republic at the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship after smashing his broom. The head of the brush popped off, and landed on the adjacent sheet in front of U.S. skip Korey Dropkin while he was throwing. Gonin was apologetic when he retrieved his brush head, and Dropkin made his shot anyway. [4] Despite the incident, Gonin was awarded the Collie Campbell Memorial Award for sportsmanship at the event. The Italian team also won the bronze medal that year, the first medal for Italy at the World Men's Championship. [5]

Personal life

Gonin is employed as a curling instructor and manager. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Simone Gonin". Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games . Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. "Simone Gonin". results.worldcurling.org. World Curling . Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  3. "Simone Gonin". Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games . Archived from the original on 6 March 2022.
  4. "Italian Curler Ejected From Game at Vegas Worlds". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  5. "Curling: a Simone Gonin il "Collie Campbell Memorial Award"". Tuttosport (in Italian). 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  6. 2019 World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide: Team Italy