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Thomas Dufour

Thomas Dufour
Curler 
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Born (1973-02-12) February 12, 1973 (age 44)
Chamonix, France
Team
Curling club Chamonix CC, Chamonix
Skip Thomas Dufour
Fourth Tony Angiboust
Second Lionel Roux
Lead Wilfrid Coulot
Alternate Jérémy Frarier
Career
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)
Olympic
appearances
2 (2002, 2010)

Thomas Dufour (born February 12, 1973) is a French curler. He currently skips the French national team.

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)



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