Curtis Tomasevicz

Medal record

Curtis Tomasevicz
Men's Bobsleigh
Competitor for the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold 2010 Vancouver Four-man
World Championships
Gold 2009 Lake Placid Four-man
Silver 2007 St. Moritz Mixed team
Bronze 2008 Altenberg Mixed team
Bronze 2009 Lake Placid Two-man
Bronze 2009 Lake Placid Mixed team
Bronze 2011 Königssee Four-man

Curtis Tomasevicz (born September 17, 1980) is an American former college football player for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers, and bobsledder who has competed since 2004. He won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with a gold (Four-man: 2009), a silver (Mixed team: 2007) and three bronzes (Two-man: 2009, Mixed team: 2008, 2009).

Tomasevicz finished sixth in the four-man event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He was an alternate during the (2006-07) season on World Cup tour for driver Steven Holcomb and won a gold in Cesana, Italy during the 2007-08 season.

It was announced on 15 January 2010 that he made the US team in both the two-man and four-man events at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he won a gold medal.

Personal life

Tomasevicz earned his bachelor and master’s of science degree in electrical engineering with a minor in astronomy from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He was named an Academic All Big XII in 2002 and also played football for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers from 2000-03. He comes from Shelby, Nebraska. He also speaks at schools around Nebraska.

References

1924: Switzerland (Eduard Scherrer, Alfred Neveu, Alfred Schläppi, & Heinrich Schläppi)  • 1928 (five-man): United States (Billy Fiske, Nion Tocker, Geoffrey Mason, Clifford Grey, & Richard Parke)  • 1932: United States (Billy Fiske, Eddie Eagan, Clifford Grey, & Jay O'Brien)  • 1936: Switzerland (Pierre Musy, Arnold Gartmann, Charles Bouvier, & Joseph Beerli)  • 1948: United States (Francis Tyler, Patrick Martin, Edward Rimkus, & William D'Amico)  • 1952: West Germany (Andreas Ostler, Friedrich Kuhn, Lorenz Nieberl, & Franz Kemser)  • 1956: Switzerland (Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, & Heinrich Angst)  • 1960: Not held  • 1964: Canada (Vic Emery, Peter Kirby, Doug Anakin, & John Emery)  • 1968: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Luciano de Paolis, Roberto Zandonella, & Mario Armano)  • 1972: Switzerland (Jean Wicki, Edy Hubacher, Hans Leutenegger, & Werner Camichel)  • 1976: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Jochen Babock, Bernhard Germeshausen, & Bernhard Lehmann)  • 1980: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Bogdan Musiol, Bernhard Germeshausen, & Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt)  • 1984: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Roland Wetzig, Dietmar Schauerhammer, & Andreas Kirchner)  • 1988: Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser, Kurt Meier, Marcel Fässler, & Werner Stocker)  • 1992: Austria (Ingo Appelt, Harald Winkler, Gerhard Haidacher, & Thomas Schroll)  • 1994: Germany (Harald Czudaj, Karsten Brannasch, Olaf Hampel, & Alexander Szelig)  • 1998: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Marco Jakobs, & Olaf Hampel)  • 2002: Germany (André Lange, Enrico Kühn, Kevin Kuske, & Carsten Embach)  • 2006: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Martin Putze, & Kevin Kuske)  • 2010: United States (Steve Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, & Curtis Tomasevicz)
1930: Italy (Franco Zaninetta, Giorgio Biasini, Antonio Dorini, & Gino Rossi) * 1931: Germany (Werner Zahn, Robert Schmidt, Franz Bock, & Emil Hinterfeld) * 1933: Not held * 1934: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Fritz Schwarz, Hermann von Valta, & Sebastian Huber) * 1935: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Alexander Gruber, Hermann von Valta, & Sebastian Huber) * 1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Green, & Byran Black) * 1938: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Green, & Chris MacKintosh) * 1939: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, & Joseph Beerli) * 1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, & Joseph Beerli) * 1949: United States (Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, William Casey, & William D'Amico) * 1950: United States (Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, James Atkinson, & William D'Amico) * 1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler, Xavier Leitl, Michael Pössinger, & Lorenz Nieberl) * 1953: United States (Lloyd Johnson, Piet Biesiadecki, Hubert Miller, & Joseph Smith) * 1954: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Harry Warburton, Gottfried Diener, & Heinrich Angst) * 1955: Switzerland (Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, & Heinrich Angst) * 1957: Switzerland (Hans Zoller, Hans Theler, Rolf Küderli, & Heinz Leu) * 1958: West Germany (Hans Rösch, Alfred Hammer, Theodore Bauer, & Walter Haller) * 1959: United States (Arthur Tyler, Gary Sheffield, Parker Voorhis, & Thomas Butler) * 1960: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Furio Nordio, Sergio Siorpaes, & Renzo Alverà) * 1961: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes, Furio Nordio, & Renzo Alverà) * 1962: West Germany (Franz Schelle, Josef Sterff, Ludwig Siebert, & Otto Göbl) * 1963: Italy (Sergio Zardini, Ferruccio Dalla Torre, Renato Mocellini, & Romano Bonagura) * 1965: Canada (Vic Emery, Gerald Presley, Michael Young, & Peter Kirby) * 1966: West Germany (Toni Pensperger (posthumous), Ludwig Siebert, Helmut Werzer, & Roland Ebert) * 1967: Cancelled to weather conditions * 1969: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Walter Steinbauer, & Stefan Gaisreiter) * 1970: Italy (Nevio de Zordo, Roberto Zandonella, Mario Armano, & Luciano de Paolis) * 1971: Switzerland (René Stadler, Max Forster, Erich Schärer, & Peter Schärer) * 1973: Switzerland (René Stadler, Werner Carmichel, Erich Schärer, & Peter Schärer) * 1974: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Manfred Schumann, & Albert Wurzer) * 1975: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer, Werner Carmichel, & Joseph Benz) * 1977: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, & Raimund Bethge) * 1978: East Germany (Horst Schönau, Horst Bernhard, Harald Seifert, & Bogdan Musiol) * 1979: West Germany (Stefan Gaisreiter, Dieter Gebard, Hans Wagner, & Heinz Busche) * 1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Henry Gerlach, & Michael Trübner) * 1982: Switzerland (Silvio Giobellina, Heinz Stettler, Urs Salzmann, & Rico Freiermuth) * 1983: Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser, Hans Märcy, Kurt Poletti, & Rolf Strittmatter) * 1985: East Germany (Bernhard Lehmann, Matthias Trübner, Ingo Voge, & Steffen Grummt) * 1986: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Kurt Meier, Erwin Fassbind, & André Kisser) * 1987: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand, Urs Fehlmann, Erwin Fassbind, & André Kisser) * 1989: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Curdin Morell, Bruno Gerber, & Lorenz Schindelholz) * 1990: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz, & Curdin Morell) * 1991: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musiol, Axel Kühn, & Christoph Langen) * 1993: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Donat Acklin, Kurt Meier, & Domenico Semeraro) * 1995: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, René Hannemann, Ulf Hielscher, & Carsten Embach) * 1996: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Rühr, & Olaf Hampel) * 1997: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Sven Rühr, René Hannemann, & Carsten Embach) * 1999: France (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Éric Le Chanony, & Max Robert) * 2000: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Lars Behrendt, & Carsten Embach) * 2001: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Peter, & Alex Metzger) * 2003: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, & Carsten Embach) * 2004: Germany (André Lange, Udo Lehmann, Kevin Kuske, & René Hoppe) * 2005: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, & Martin Putze) * 2007: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg, Thomas Lamparter, Beat Hefti, & Cedric Grand) * 2008: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, & Martin Putze) * 2009: United States (Steve Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, & Curtis Tomasevicz) * 2011: Germany (Manuel Machata, Richard Adjei, Andreas Bredau, & Christian Poser)