Tom Violette
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| Born | October 26, 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Granite CC, Seattle, WA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 2 (1990, 1992) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other appearances | World Senior Championships: 1 (2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tom Violette (born October 26, 1960) is an American curler.
He is a 1992 World Men's bronze medallist[1] and a two-times United States men's curling champion (1990, 1992).
Teams
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate Coach |
Events |
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| 1989–90 | Doug Jones | Bard Nordlund | Murphy Tomlinson | Tom Violette | USMCC 1990  WCC 1990 (7th) | |
| 1991–92 | Doug Jones | Jason Larway | Joel Larway | Tom Violette | USMCC 1992 WCC 1992 
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| 1994–95 | Doug Jones | Murray Beighton | Ken Trask | Tom Violette | ||
| 1998–99 | Jason Larway | Trawis Way | Joel Larway | Tom Violette | ||
| 1999–00 | Tom Violette | K. Fish | ? | ? | ||
| 2003–04 | Wes Johnson | Leon Romaniuk | Colin Hufman | Tom Violette | ||
| 2011–12 | Tom Violette | Leon Romaniuk | Paul Little | ? | ||
| 2014–15 | Lyle Sieg | Tom Violette | Ken Trask | Steve Lundeen | Duane Rutan Greg Violette |
USSCC 2015 [2] WSCC 2015
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| 2015–16 | Lyle Sieg | Tom Violette | Ken Trask | Steve Lundeen | Duane Rutan | USSCC 2016 
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| 2016–17 | Lyle Sieg | Tom Violette | Ken Trask | Steve Lundeen | Duane Rutan | USSCC 2017
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Personal life
Tom Violette started curling in 1974, when he was 14 years old.
His son Luc Violette[3] is a curler too, he played for United States on four World Junior Championships and at the 2019 Winter Universiade.
References
- ^ Tom Violette on the World Curling database
- ^ Men's Champions - Senior National Championships - USA Curling
- ^ Luc Violette on the World Curling database
External links
- Tom Violette on the World Curling database
- Tom Violette on the World Curling Tour database (archived)
- Tom Violette at Team USA (archived)
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