Thomas Sallows

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Thomas Sallows
Born (1984-03-03) 3 March 1984 (age 40)
Team
Curling club Grande Prairie CC,
Grande Prairie, AB
Skip Graham Powell
Third Thomas Sallows
Second Jordan Steinke
Lead Chris Wall
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Brier appearances3 (2015, 2016, 2018)
World Championship
appearances
3 (2015, 2017, 2018)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Edmonton
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Las Vegas
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Halifax
Tim Hortons Brier
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Calgary
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Regina
Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Ottawa
Representing Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta North
Arctic Winter Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Nuuk/Iqaluit [1]

Thomas Sallows (born March 3, 1984) is a Canadian curler from Grande Prairie, Alberta. He regularly plays skip for a Grande Prairie, Alberta-based rink.[ citation needed ] He also competed at both the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier and 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship as an alternate for the Canadian national curling team. [2] [3] [4]

Sallows also owns Mountain Man Adventures, a Canadian hunting and guiding business. He's been a featured expert on multiple hunting programs, including Wild TV. [5] He is also a concrete finisher. [6]

His sister is competitive curler Cary-Anne McTaggart.

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References

  1. Alberta, Government of (September 7, 2021). "Alberta Sport". Alberta Sport.
  2. "Teams". Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2015. worldcurling.org. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  3. "Thomas Sallows Personal Information" . Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  4. "Tim Hortons Brier 2015" . Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  5. "Wild TV Alaskan Sheep Hunt" . Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  6. Brier Thursday curling.ca