Thomas Dufour

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Thomas Dufour
 
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Born (1973-02-12) 12 February 1973 (age 50)
Team
Curling clubChamonix CC, Chamonix
Skip Thomas Dufour
Fourth Tony Angiboust
Second Lionel Roux
Lead Wilfrid Coulot
Alternate Jérémy Frarier
Career
World Championship
appearances
8 (2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
European Championship
appearances
15 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,2012)
Olympic
appearances
2 (2002, 2010)
Medal record
Men's curling
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
World Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Oberstdorf
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Grindelwald

Thomas Dufour (born 12 February 1973) is a French curler. He currently skips the French national team.

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Career

Dufour at the 2010 Winter Olympics Thomas Dufour.jpg
Dufour at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Thomas Dufour has played in:

Dufour's best placing at the World Championships was a fifth-place finish in 2008 and 2011. At the 2010 Olympics, the team finished 7th, where they made a terrific shot to win their first game against china.

Dufour won two medals in his junior career. In 1992, he won the silver medal at the World Juniors, playing lead for Jan Henri Ducroz. In 1993, he won the bronze medal playing third for Spencer Mugnier.

He also won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship coaching Pauline Jeanneret and Amaury Pernette.

In 2008 he won the Colin Campbell Award (best spormantship during the worlds)

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateEvents
1989–90 Jan Henri Ducroz Spencer Mugnier Sylvain Ducroz Thomas Dufour 1990 WJCC
1990–91Jan Henri DucrozSpencer MugnierSylvain DucrozThomas Dufour Philippe Caux 1991 WJCC
1991–92Jan Henri DucrozSpencer MugnierSylvain DucrozThomas DufourPhilippe Caux 1992 WJCC
1992–93Spencer MugnierThomas DufourSylvain DucrozPhilippe Caux Cyrille Prunet 1993 WJCC
1993–94Spencer MugnierThomas DufourSylvain DucrozPhilippe CauxCyrille Prunet 1994 WJCC
1995–96Jan Henri DucrozSpencer Mugnier Daniel Cosetto Thomas Dufour Lionel Tournier 1995 ECC
2004–05Thomas Dufour Lionel Roux Philippe Caux Tony Angiboust
2005–06Thomas DufourPhilippe CauxTony Angiboust Julien Charlet
2006–07Thomas DufourTony AngiboustJan Henri Ducroz Richard Ducroz
2007–08Thomas DufourTony AngiboustJan Henri DucrozRichard Ducroz Raphael Mathieu
2008–09Thomas DufourTony AngiboustRichard Ducroz [lower-alpha 1] Jan Henri Ducroz [lower-alpha 2] Raphael Mathieu2009 WCC
2009–10Thomas DufourTony AngiboustJan Henri DucrozRichard DucrozRaphael Mathieu2010 OGs
2010–11Thomas DufourTony Angiboust (fourth)Lionel Roux Wilfrid Coulot Jan Ducroz2011 WCC

Notes

  1. Lead for most of the season
  2. Second for most of the season


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