Lead Havard Vad Petersson Height 1.93 m Skip Thomas Ulsrud Alternate Markus Hoiberg Weight 80 kg | Third Torger Nergard Name Havard Petersson Spouse Kirsten Olstad Petersson Second Christoffer Svae Role Curler Children Anna Emilie Petersson | |
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Born 5 January 1984 (age 40)
Oslo, Norway ( 1984-01-05 ) Olympic medals Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men\'s tournament Similar People Christoffer Svae, Torger Nergard, Thomas Ulsrud, Kevin Martin, Marc Kennedy | ||
Curling club Snaroen CC,
Oslo, NOR | ||
Håvard Vad Petersson (born 5 January 1984 in Oslo) is a Norwegian curler from Arendal who currently plays lead for Team Thomas Ulsrud.
At Junior level, Petersson played lead for Team Thomas Løvold and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships "B" tournaments. In 2004, he competed as skip for the first time at the World Junior Curling Championship, finishing in sixth place.
With Team Ulsrud during the 2007–2010 seasons, Petersson won six World Curling Tour events, three European Curling Championship medals (silver in 2007 and 2008; bronze in 2009), three World Curling Championship medals (bronze in 2008 and 2009; silver in 2010), and silver at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. His shooting accuracy proved to be consistently high in the 80–90 percentiles during the 2009–10 season, which significantly contributed to his team's top round-robin standings at the 2009 European Curling Championship and 2010 World Curling Championship.
Petersson's ability to achieve athletic excellence despite being able to see out of only one eye is often a topic of discussion for sports commentators.
Personal life
Petersson is married to Kristin Olstad Petersson and has one child. He is currently employed as a businessman.