Håvard Vad Petersson
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| Born |
5 January 1984 Oslo, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club |
Snarøen CC, Oslo, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Thomas Ulsrud | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Torger Nergård | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Christoffer Svae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Håvard Vad Petersson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternate | Thomas Løvold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 6 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship appearances | 7 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic appearances | 1 (2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Håvard Vad Petersson (born 5 January 1984 in Oslo) is a Norwegian curler from Arendal 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 |
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| 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
- Official homepage of Team Ulsrud
- Håvard Vad Petersson on the World Curling Federation database
- Profile at ASHAM World Curling Tour
- Complete coverages of Team Norway's Olympics performances at the official Vancouver Olympic Games 2010 Channel
- Håvard Vad Petersson and Thomas Ulrud interviewed on Eurosport Norge. "EurosportNorge møter curlinggutta". 4 December 2009.
- Håvard Vad Petersson interviewed on Eurosport Norge. "EurosportNorge om hvordan curling fungerer". 4 December 2009.
- Team Norway interviewed on Grand Slam of Curling. Olympic Curling - Team Norway. 17 February 2010.
References
- ↑ "About Team Ulsrud". TeamUlsrud.com. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ↑ "Håvard Vad Petersson, Curling" (Curling > Athletes). Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- ↑ "Results and Statistics database" (Persons; Championships). World Curling Federation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ↑ "Håvard Vad Petersson" (Teams > Events). ASHAM World Curling Tour. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ↑ "Results/Statistics" (Competitions > European Championships). European Curling Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ↑ "Capitol One World Men's Championship - Day 6" (News). World Curling Federation. 8 April 2010.
- ↑ "Men's Gold Medal Game" (Curling Schedule > Results). Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. 27 February 2010.
- ↑ Eurosport (UK & Ireland). Winter Sports, Curling, 2010 World Curling Championship in Cortina D'Ampezzo – Norway vs. Scotland semi-final. Viewed 10 April 2010.