Tom Violette

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Tom Violette
Curler
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Born (1960-10-26) October 26, 1960 (age 63)
Team
Curling club Granite CC, Seattle, WA
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Championship
appearances		2 (1990, 1992)
Other appearances World Senior Championships: 1 (2015)
Medal record
Curling
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1992 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
United States Men's Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 Superior
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Grafton
World Senior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Sochi

Tom Violette (born October 26, 1960) is an American curler from Issaquah, Washington and Stevens Point, Wisconsin. [1]

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He is a 1992 World Men's bronze medallist, [2] a two-time United States men's curling champion (1990, 1992), and a 2015 World Seniors gold medalist.

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
1989–90 Bard Nordlund (fourth) Doug Jones (skip) Murphy Tomlinson Tom Violette1990 USMCC Gold medal icon.svg
1990 WMCC (7th) [1]
1991–92Doug Jones Jason Larway Joel Larway Tom Violette1992 USMCC Gold medal icon.svg
1992 WMCC Bronze medal icon.svg [3]
1994–95Doug Jones Murray Beighton Ken Trask Tom Violette
1998–99Jason Larway Travis Way Joel LarwayTom Violette
1999–00Tom VioletteCurt FishBard NordlundMurphy TomlinsonDoug Jones2000 USMCC (DNQ) [4]
2003–04 Wes Johnson Leon Romaniuk Colin Hufman Ryan BeightonTom Violette2004 USMCC (13th) [5]
2011–12Tom VioletteLeon Romaniuk Paul Lyttle Steve Lundeen
2014–15 Lyle Sieg Tom VioletteKen TraskSteve Lundeen Duane Rutan Greg Violette2015 USSCC Gold medal icon.svg [6]
2015 WSCC Gold medal icon.svg
2015–16Lyle SiegTom VioletteKen TraskSteve LundeenDuane Rutan2016 USSCC Silver medal icon.svg
2016–17Lyle SiegTom VioletteKen TraskSteve LundeenDuane Rutan2017 USSCC Bronze medal icon.svg

Personal life

Tom Violette started curling in 1974, when he was 14 years old.

His son Luc Violette [7] is a curler too. He played for United States in four World Junior Championships and at the 2019 Winter Universiade.

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References

  1. 1 2 "World Curling Championships 1990". World Curling Federation. Retrieved Mar 25, 2021.
  2. ↑ Tom Violette on the World Curling Federation database OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ "Canada Safeway World Curling Championships 1992". World Curling Federation. Retrieved Mar 25, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Competitors". USA Curling. Archived from the original on Apr 11, 2001. Retrieved Mar 25, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Men's Competitors". Good Curling. Archived from the original on Apr 5, 2004. Retrieved Mar 25, 2021.
  6. ↑ Men's Champions - Senior National Championships - USA Curling
  7. ↑ Luc Violette on the World Curling Federation database


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