Thomas Løvold

Thomas Løvold (born 27 January 1981) is a Norwegian curler.[1][2][3]

Thomas Løvold
Curler
Born	(1981-01-27) 27 January 1981 Oslo, Norway
Team
Curling club	Lillehammer CK, Lillehammer, Norway
Skip	Thomas Løvold
Third	Markus Høiberg
Second	Markus Nedregotten
Lead	Alexander Lindstrom
Career
World Championship appearances	5 (2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013)
European Championship appearances	5 (2002, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2012)
Olympic appearances	1 (2010)
Medal record Curling Representing  Norway Winter Olympics 2010 Vancouver World Championships 2010 Cortina d'Ampezzo 2009 Moncton European Championships 2011 Moscow 2012 Karlstad 2009 Aberdeen Universiade 2009 Harbin

At Junior level, Løvold competed as skip and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships "B" tournaments.[4]

He has gained worldwide attention for having played as the alternate for Team Thomas Ulsrud at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and played third for Team Torger Nergård at the 2010 World Curling Championship in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, winning the silver medal at both tournaments.[5][6]

Thomas Løvold also skips his own team on World Curling Tour events. His most successful tournament was the 2009 Lucerne Curling Trophy where his team made it to the semi-finals but lost to Team Ralph Stöckli of Switzerland.[7]

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Events
1998–99	Thomas Berntsen	Thomas Løvold	Jan Øivind Hewitt	Petter Moe	Christoffer Svae	1999 World Junior Curling Challenge (Gold), 1999 WJCC
2000–01	Thomas Løvold	Petter Moe	Fredrik Haaland	Christoffer Svae	Sindre Eirik Martinsen	2001 WJCCB
2001–02	Thomas Løvold	Petter Moe	Christoffer Svae	Håvard Vad Petersson	Christopher Berntsen	2002 WJCCB (Gold)
	Thomas Løvold	Petter Moe	Christoffer Svae	Fredrik Haaland	Christopher Berntsen	2002 WJCC
2002–03	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Thomas Due	Johan Høstmælingen	Thomas Løvold	2002 ECC (Bronze)
	Thomas Løvold	Petter Moe	Christoffer Svae	Håvard Vad Petersson	Bård Rieber-Mohn	2003 WJCCB (Gold), WJCC
	Øystein Sørum	Thomas Løvold	Petter Moe	Hallvard Sørum		2003 Universiade
2003–04	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Thomas Due	Jan Thoresen	Thomas Løvold	2003 ECC
2006–07	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Thomas Due	Jan Thoresen	Thomas Løvold	2007 WCC
2008–09	Thomas Løvold	Christoffer Svae	Hans Tømmervold	Anders Bjørgum		2009 Universiade (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	Thomas Løvold	2009 ECC (Bronze) 2010 OG (Silver)
	Torger Nergård	Thomas Løvold	Christoffer Svae	Håvard Vad Petersson		2010 WCC (Silver)
	Thomas Løvold	Petter Moe	Hans Tømmervold	Joakim Skogvold
2010–11	Thomas Løvold	Steffen Walstad	Markus Høiberg	Frode Tobias Bjerke
2011–12	Thomas Løvold	Thomas Due	Steffen Walstad	Sander Rolvag
2012–13	Thomas Løvold	Petter Moe	Sander Rolvag	Johan Høstmælingen

External links

• Official homepage of Team Ulsrud
• Thomas Løvold on the World Curling Federation database
• Thomas Løvold on the World Curling Tour database
• Thomas Løvold on the CurlingZone database

References

1. "About Team Ulsrud". Archived 2010-08-23 at the Wayback Machine TeamUlsrud.com. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
2. "Thomas Løvold, Curling" (Curling > Athletes). Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
3. Thomas Løvold (Teams) "Thomas Løvold" (Teams). ASHAM World Curling Tour. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
4. "Results and Statistics database" (Persons; Championships). Archived 2010-05-12 at the Wayback Machine World Curling Federation. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
5. "Men's Gold Medal Game" (Curling Schedule > Results). Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. 27 February 2010.
6. "Capitol One World Men's Championship - Finals" (News). World Curling Federation. 11 April 2010.
7. "Thomas Løvold" (Profiles > Events). Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine ASHAM World Curling Tour. Retrieved 8 May 2010.