Thomas Ulsrud won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics, one World Curling Championship, two European Curling Championships, and fourteen Norwegian titles.
11 Facts About Thomas Ulsrud
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Thomas Ulsrud was known for being the skip of the team that competed while wearing colourful harlequin trousers at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Between 2007 and 2010, Team Thomas Ulsrud won six World Curling Tour events, namely, the 2007 and 2009 Lucerne Curling Trophies, 2008 Baden Masters, 2008 Radisson SAS Oslo Cup, 2009 Swiss Cup Basel, and 2009 Bern Open.
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At the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Team Thomas Ulsrud attracted worldwide attention, not only for introducing Loudmouth Golf's colourful harlequin pants to the arena, but for winning the silver medal after the final game against Canada's Team Kevin Martin.
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Immediately at the start of the 2010 World Curling Championship in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Thomas Ulsrud had to return home for family reasons.
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The next season, Thomas Ulsrud led his team to a silver medal at the 2015 European Curling Championships and a disappointing sixth place finish at the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship.
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In 2016, Thomas Ulsrud won another silver medal at the European Curling Championships, which he followed up by winning the Qinghai China Men's International on the tour the next month.
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Team Thomas Ulsrud did get to represent Norway one last time at the 2017 European Curling Championships, where they finished in fourth place.
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In 2019, after a light curling season where they did not play in any Grand Slam events, Team Thomas Ulsrud announced that they would be disbanding at the end of the season.
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Thomas Ulsrud's team were set to represent Norway at the 2020 World Men's Curling Championship but it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Thomas Ulsrud became interested in curling at age 10 when his stepfather introduced him to the sport.