Håvard Vad Petersson

Medal record
Curling
Competitor for  Norway
Winter Olympics
Silver 2010 Vancouver
World Championships
Silver 2010 Cortina d'Ampezzo
Bronze 2009 Moncton
Bronze 2008 Grand Forks
European Championships
Gold 2010 Champéry
Silver 2008 Örnsköldsvik
Silver 2007 Füssen
Bronze 2009 Aberdeen

Håvard Vad Petersson (born 5 January 1984) is a Norwegian curler who currently plays lead for Team Thomas Ulsrud.[1][2]

At Junior level, Vad Petersson played lead for Team Thomas Løvold and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships "B" tournaments. In 2004, he competed as skip for the first time at the World Junior Curling Championship, finishing in sixth place.[3]

With Team Ulsrud during the 2007-2010 seasons, Vad Petersson won six World Curling Tour events, three European Curling Championship medals (silver in 2007 and 2008; bronze in 2009), three World Curling Championship medals (bronze in 2008 and 2009; silver in 2010), and silver at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. His shooting accuracy proved to be consistently high in the 80-90 percentiles during the 2009-10 season, which significantly contributed to his team's top round-robin standings at the 2009 European Curling Championship and 2010 World Curling Championship.[4][5][6][7]

Vad Petersson's ability to achieve athletic excellence despite being able to see out of only one eye is often a topic of discussion for sports commentators.[8]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events
2001-02 Thomas Løvold Petter Moe Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Christopher Berntsen 2002 WJCCB, Gold
2002-03 Thomas Løvold Petter Moe Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Bård Rieber-Mohn 2003 WJCCB, Gold
2003 WJCC
2003-04 Håvard Vad Petersson Petter Moe Anders Bjørgum Øivind A. Grøseth Hans Tømmervold 2004 WJCC
2004–05 Øivind A. Grøseth Hans Tømmervold Håvard Vad Petersson Anders Bjørgum Olav Helge Storli 2005 WJCC
2007-08 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson 2007 Baden Masters
2007 Lucerne Curling Trophy, Champion
Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Thomas Due 2007 ECC, Silver
2008 WCC, Bronze
2008-09 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson 2008 Baden Masters, Champion
2008 Radisson SAS Oslo Cup, Champion
Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Thomas Due 2008 ECC, Silver
Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Thomas Løvold 2009 WCC, Bronze
2009-10 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson 2009 Baden Masters, Silver
2009 Swiss Cup Basel, Champion
2009 Bern Open, Champion
2009 Lucerne Curling Trophy, Champion
Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Thomas Løvold 2009 ECC, Bronze
2010 OG, Silver
Torger Nergård Thomas Løvold Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson 2010 WCC, Silver
2010-11 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson 2010 Radisson SAS Oslo Cup, Silver
Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Markus Snove Hoiberg 2010 ECC, Gold

External links

References

  1. ^ "About Team Ulsrud". TeamUlsrud.com. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Håvard Vad Petersson, Curling" (Curling > Athletes). Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Results and Statistics database" (Persons; Championships). World Curling Federation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Håvard Vad Petersson" (Teams > Events). ASHAM World Curling Tour. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  5. ^ "Results/Statistics" (Competitions > European Championships). European Curling Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  6. ^ "Capitol One World Men's Championship - Day 6" (News). World Curling Federation. 8 April 2010.
  7. ^ "Men's Gold Medal Game" (Curling Schedule > Results). Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. 27 February 2010.
  8. ^ Eurosport (UK & Ireland). Winter Sports, Curling, 2010 World Curling Championship in Cortina D'Ampezzo – Norway vs. Scotland semi-final. Viewed 10 April 2010.