Håvard Vad Petersson
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. He is currently the coach of the Yannick Schwaller rink.
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| Born | 5 January 1984 Oslo, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Snarøen CC, Oslo, NOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
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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.
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.
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.