Håvard Vad Petersson

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Håvard Vad Petersson
Curler
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Håvard Vad Petersson (centre) at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Born (1984-01-05) 5 January 1984 (age 40)
Oslo, Norway
Team
Curling club Snarøen CC,
Oslo, NOR
Skip Thomas Ulsrud
Third Torger Nergård
Second Christoffer Svae
Lead Håvard Vad Petersson
Alternate Markus Høiberg
Career
World Championship
appearances
8 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
European Championship
appearances
9 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Olympic
appearances
2 (2010, 2014)

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, 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, 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]

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]

Personal life

Petersson is married to Kristin Olstad Petersson and has one child. He is currently employed as a businessman.[9]

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
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

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