Håvard Vad Petersson

Håvard Vad Petersson
Curler
Håvard Vad Petersson (centre) at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Born	5 January 1984 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	9 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
European Championship appearances	10 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Olympic appearances	2 (2010, 2014)
Medal record Curling Representing  Norway Winter Olympics 2010 Vancouver World Championships 2014 Beijing 2015 Halifax 2010 Cortina d'Ampezzo 2009 Moncton 2008 Grand Forks European Championships 2011 Moscow 2010 Champéry 2016 Renfrewshire 2014 Champéry 2013 Stavanger 2012 Karlstad 2008 Örnsköldsvik 2007 Füssen 2015 Esbjerg 2009 Aberdeen

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

External links

• Official homepage of Team Ulsrud
• Håvard Vad Petersson on the World Curling Federation database
• Profile at ASHAM World Curling Tour
• 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.

References

1. "About Team Ulsrud". TeamUlsrud.com. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
2. "Håvard Vad Petersson, Curling" (Curling > Athletes). Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
3. "Results and Statistics database" (Persons; Championships). World Curling Federation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
4. "Håvard Vad Petersson" (Teams > Events). ASHAM World Curling Tour. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
5. "Results/Statistics" (Competitions > European Championships). European Curling Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
6. "Capitol One World Men's Championship – Day 6" (News). World Curling Federation. 8 April 2010.
7. "Men's Gold Medal Game" (Curling Schedule > Results). Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. 27 February 2010.
8. Eurosport (UK & Ireland). Winter Sports, Curling, 2010 World Curling Championship in Cortina D'Ampezzo – Norway vs. Scotland semi-final. Viewed 10 April 2010.
9. http://cloudfront6.curling.ca/2015worldmen-en/files/2015/03/EYE-OPENER-FRIDAY-ALL.pdf