Håvard Vad Petersson

Håvard Vad Petersson
Håvard Vad Petersson
Curler
	Håvard Vad Petersson (centre) at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Born	5 January 1984 (age 40); Oslo, Norway
Team
Curling club	Snarøen CC, ; Oslo, NOR
Curling career
World Championship; appearances	9 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
European Championship; appearances	111 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Olympic; appearances	3 (2010, 2014, 2018)
Medal record
Curling
Representing Norway
Winter Olympics
World Championships
European Championships

Håvard Vad Petersson (born 5 January 1984 in Oslo) is a Norwegian curler from Arendal who was the long time lead for Team Thomas Ulsrud.^[1]^[2] He is currently the coach of the Yannick Schwaller rink.^[3]

At the junior level, 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.^[4]

With Team Ulsrud during the 2007–2010 seasons, 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.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

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.^[9]

Personal life[edit]

Petersson is married to Kristin Olstad and has two children. Before coaching, he was employed as a businessman,^[10] and owned Smoothie Xchange/Funky Frozen Yogurt.^[11]

Teams[edit]

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)
2007–08	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)
2010–11	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Christoffer Svae	Håvard Vad Petersson	Markus Snove Hoiberg	2010 ECC (Gold)
2011–12	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Christoffer Svae	Håvard Vad Petersson	Markus Høiberg	2011 ECC, 2012 WCC
2012–13	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Christoffer Svae	Håvard Vad Petersson	Thomas Løvold Markus Høiberg	2012 ECC, 2013 WCC
2013–14	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Christoffer Svae	Håvard Vad Petersson	Markus Høiberg	2013 ECC, 2014 OG, 2014 WCC
2014–15	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Christoffer Svae	Håvard Vad Petersson

References[edit]

^ "About Team Ulsrud". Archived 2010-08-23 at the Wayback Machine TeamUlsrud.com. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
^ "Håvard Vad Petersson, Curling" (Curling > Athletes). Archived 2010-04-09 at the Wayback Machine Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
^ "2023 World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
^ "Results and Statistics database" (Persons; Championships). Archived 2010-05-12 at the Wayback Machine World Curling Federation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
^ "Håvard Vad Petersson" (Teams > Events). Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine ASHAM World Curling Tour. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
^ "Results/Statistics" (Competitions > European Championships). Archived 2010-05-06 at the Wayback Machine 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). Archived 2010-04-08 at the Wayback Machine 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.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2015-04-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ 2018 Continental Cup Media Guide

External links[edit]

Håvard Vad Petersson on the World Curling database
Håvard Vad Petersson at Olympedia
Haavard Vad Petersson at Olympics.com
Team Ulsrud (official website) at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 April 2010)
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.

[1] "About Team Ulsrud". Archived 2010-08-23 at the Wayback Machine TeamUlsrud.com. Retrieved 25 April 2010.

[Vancouver-2] "Håvard Vad Petersson, Curling" (Curling > Athletes). Archived 2010-04-09 at the Wayback Machine Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Retrieved 12 February 2010.

[Media_Guide-3] "2023 World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 26, 2023.

[4] "Results and Statistics database" (Persons; Championships). Archived 2010-05-12 at the Wayback Machine World Curling Federation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

[5] "Håvard Vad Petersson" (Teams > Events). Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine ASHAM World Curling Tour. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

[6] "Results/Statistics" (Competitions > European Championships). Archived 2010-05-06 at the Wayback Machine European Curling Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

[CortinaDay6-7] "Capitol One World Men's Championship – Day 6" (News). World Curling Federation. 8 April 2010.

[8] "Men's Gold Medal Game" (Curling Schedule > Results). Archived 2010-04-08 at the Wayback Machine Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. 27 February 2010.

[9] Eurosport (UK & Ireland). Winter Sports, Curling, 2010 World Curling Championship in Cortina D'Ampezzo – Norway vs. Scotland semi-final. Viewed 10 April 2010.

[10] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2015-04-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[11] 2018 Continental Cup Media Guide

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