Tom Violette

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Tom Violette
Curler
 ♂
Born (1960-10-26) October 26, 1960 (age 61)
Team
Curling clubGranite CC, Seattle, WA
Career
Member Association United States
World Championship
appearances		2 (1990, 1992)
Other appearancesWorld Senior Championships: 1 (2015)
Medal record
Curling
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
United States Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1990 Superior
Gold medal – first place 1992 Grafton
World Senior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sochi

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

He is a 1992 World Men's bronze medallist,[1] a two-time United States men's curling champion (1990, 1992), and a 2015 World Seniors gold medalist.

Teams[]

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1989–90 Bard Nordlund (fourth) Doug Jones (skip) Murphy Tomlinson Tom Violette 1990 USMCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1990 WMCC (7th)[2]
1991–92 Doug Jones Jason Larway Joel Larway Tom Violette 1992 USMCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1992 WMCC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[3]
1994–95 Doug Jones Tom Violette
1998–99 Jason Larway Travis Way Joel Larway Tom Violette
1999–00 Tom Violette Curt Fish Bard Nordlund Murphy Tomlinson Doug Jones 2000 USMCC (DNQ)[4]
2003–04 Colin Hufman Ryan Beighton Tom Violette 2004 USMCC (13th)[5]
2011–12 Tom Violette Leon Romaniuk
2014–15 Tom Violette Ken Trask Steve Lundeen Greg Violette 2015 USSCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)[6]
2015 WSCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2015–16 Lyle Sieg Tom Violette Ken Trask Steve Lundeen Duane Rutan 2016 USSCC 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2016–17 Lyle Sieg Tom Violette Ken Trask Steve Lundeen Duane Rutan 2017 USSCC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

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.

References[]

  1. ^ Tom Violette on the World Curling Federation database Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "World Curling Championships 1990". World Curling Federation. Retrieved Mar 25, 2021.
  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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