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American curler
Tom Violette
Curler ♂
Born (1960-10-26) October 26, 1960 (age 64)
Team
Curling clubGranite CC, Seattle, WA
Curling 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, 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)
1991–92 Doug Jones Jason Larway Joel Larway Tom Violette 1992 USMCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1992 WMCC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1994–95 Doug Jones Murray Beighton Ken Trask 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)
2003–04 Wes Johnson Leon Romaniuk Colin Hufman Ryan Beighton Tom Violette 2004 USMCC (13th)
2011–12 Tom Violette Leon Romaniuk Paul Lyttle Steve Lundeen
2014–15 Lyle Sieg Tom Violette Ken Trask Steve Lundeen Duane Rutan Greg Violette 2015 USSCC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 is a curler too. He played for United States in four World Junior Championships and at the 2019 Winter Universiade.

References

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

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