Thomas Ulsrud

Thomas Ulsrud
Curler
Born(1971-10-21)21 October 1971
Oslo, Norway
Died24 May 2022(2022-05-24) (aged 50)
Team
Curling clubSnarøen CC,
Oslo, NOR
Curling career
World Championship
appearances		12 (1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
European Championship
appearances		17 (1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)
Olympic
appearances		3 (2010, 2014, 2018)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Norway
Winter Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Beijing
Silver medal – second place 2015 Halifax
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Lowell
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Grand Forks
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Moncton
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Champéry
Gold medal – first place 2011 Moscow
Silver medal – second place 2007 Füssen
Silver medal – second place 2008 Örnsköldsvik
Silver medal – second place 2012 Karlstad
Silver medal – second place 2013 Stavanger
Silver medal – second place 2014 Champéry
Silver medal – second place 2016 Renfrewshire
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Grindelwald
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Aberdeen
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Esbjerg
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Füssen

Thomas Ulsrud (21 October 1971 – 24 May 2022) was a Norwegian curler from Oslo.[1][2][3] He won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics,[4] one World Curling Championship,[5] two European Curling Championships,[6][7] and fourteen Norwegian titles (Norwegian Men's Curling Championship and Oslo Cup).[8] He was also known for being the skip of the team that competed while wearing colourful harlequin trousers at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Team Ulsrud's combined showmanship and sportsmanship became iconic and contributed to reviving worldwide interest in curling since then.[9][10][11][12][13][14] In 2024, he was posthumousely inducted into the World Curling Hall of Fame.[15]

  1. ^ About Team Ulsrud at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-08-23)
  2. ^ Thomas Ulsrud at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-07-18)
  3. ^ "Athletes: Thomas Ulsrud". Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  4. ^ Thomas Ulsrud, Curling at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-02-23)
  5. ^ "CPT World Men's Curling Championship 2014". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  6. ^ "Le Gruyère European Curling Championships 2010". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  7. ^ "Le Gruyère European Curling Championships 2011". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  8. ^ "Thomas Ulsrud: Events". Curling Zone. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  9. ^ Sawyer, Diane. "The conversation: Pants from the curlers of Norway, Diane Sawyer chats with Christoffer Svae from Norway's curling team". ABC News. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
  10. ^ Men's Gold medal game at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-02-26)
  11. ^ "Thomas Ulsrud Obituary". World Curling Federation. 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  12. ^ Belam, Martin (2018-02-19). "Norway's curlers and their incredible Winter Olympic trousers – ranked". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  13. ^ Williams, Rob (2019-05-10). "The wacky pants-wearing Norwegian curling team is breaking up". Offside.
  14. ^ Schwartz, David Asa (2021). Modern sports around the world: History, geography, and sociology. California, United States: ABC-CLIO. p. 95. ISBN 9781440868801.
  15. ^ "World Curling inducts 2024 Hall of Fame recipients". World Curling. 2024-03-31.