Name Thomas Dufour Second Lionel Roux Alternate Jeremy Frarier Fourth Tony Angiboust | Lead Wilfrid Coulot Height 1.83 m Skip Thomas Dufour Role Curler | |
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Full Name () February 12, 1973 (age 42) Born Chamonix, France ( 1973-02-12 ) 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) | ||
Curling club Chamonix CC, Chamonix | ||
Avant vs Maintenants - Thomas Dufour
Thomas Dufour (born 12 February 1973) is a French curler. He currently skips the French national team.
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Career
Thomas Dufour has played in:
-5 World Junior Curling Championships (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994).
-15 European Curling Championships (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012).
-8 World Curling Championships (2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012).
-2 Olympic Games, the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Dufour's best placing at the World Championships was a fifth-place finish in 2008 an 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 double mixte in 2011 coaching Pauline Jeanneret and Amaury Pernette.
In 2008 he won the Colin Campbell Award (best spormantship during the worlds)