Thomas Due
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Thomas Due (born 1971) is a Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 curler.

Thomas Due has been part of the Norwegian National Curling team since he was a junior. Altogether he holds 6 Norwegian Championship Gold Medals. The last one in 2007 after winning 11 straight games during the Norwegian Championships in Skien, Norway.
  • Norwegian Championship Gold: 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007

  • In his first World Junior Curling Championships
    World Junior Curling Championships
    The World Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competition for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1975 and the women's 1988...

    , playing with skip Thomas Ulsrud he got a bronze medal in 1988. He played two more WJC in 1991 and 1992 where he skipped his own team.

  • In 1997, he curled in his first European Curling Championships
    European Curling Championships
    The European Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments held in Europe between various European nations and hosted by the European Curling Federation. The European Curling Championships are usually held in early to mid December...

     where his team finished in seventh. He returned in 2000, 2002 2003 and 2006 - winning bronze in 2002.

  • In 1998 Thomas Due curled in his first World Curling Championships in Kamloops, Canada - to a 5th place finish. At the 2006 World Men's Curling Championship
    2006 World Men's Curling Championship
    -Draw 2:April 1, 16:00-Draw 3:April 2, 09:00-Draw 4:April 2, 14:00-Draw 5:April 2, 19:00-Draw 6:April 3, 09:00-Draw 7:April 3, 14:00-Draw 8:April 3, 19:00-Draw 9:April 4, 09:00...

    , he made the playoffs for the first time, and defeated team USA to win the Bronze medal. At the 2007 world curling championships in Edmonton, Canada the Norwegian team finished in 7th place.

Team mates up until 2007

  • Thomas Ulsrud
    Thomas Ulsrud
    Thomas Ulsrud is a Norwegian curler.Ulsrud has curled professionally since 1983. In his second World Junior Curling Championship in 1988, Ulsrud skipped Norway to a bronze medal....

     (skip)
  • Torger Nergård
    Torger Nergård
    Torger Nergård is a Norwegian curler.Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team Thomas Ulsrud. At Junior level, he played third at the 1991 and 1992 World Junior Curling Championships for Thomas Due, and skipped his own team in 1996...

     (third)
  • Thomas Due (second)
  • Jan Thoresen
    Jan Thoresen
    Jan Thoresen is a Norwegian curler. He currently plays lead for Tormod Andreasen.Thoresen played juniors for Anthon Grimsmo. He won a bronze medal at the 1987 World Junior Curling Championships playing second for Grimsmo....

     (lead)
  • Christoffer Svae
    Christoffer Svae
    Christoffer Svae is a Norwegian curler who currently plays second for Team Thomas Ulsrud.At Junior level, Svae played second for Team Thomas Løvold and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships "B" tournaments.Svae formally joined Team Ulsrud in 2007 having played...

     (alternate)
  • Johan Hoestmaelingen(alternate)

Team mates 2007 - 2008

  • In 2007 Thomas Due played with Jan Thoresen, Tormod Andreasen and Kjell Berg. The team played on the World Curling Tour Europe.

  • Tormod Andreasen (skip)
  • Thomas Due (third)
  • Kjell Berg
    Kjell Berg
    Kjell Berg is a Norwegian curler.Berg has played in the lead position for his entire international career.Berg won a silver medal at the 1983 World Junior Curling Championships playing for Pål Trulsen...

     (second)
  • Jan Thoresen
    Jan Thoresen
    Jan Thoresen is a Norwegian curler. He currently plays lead for Tormod Andreasen.Thoresen played juniors for Anthon Grimsmo. He won a bronze medal at the 1987 World Junior Curling Championships playing second for Grimsmo....

     (lead)

Team mates 2008 - 2009

  • In 2008 Thomas Due started a new team together with Oystein and Hallvard Soerum, Magnus Nedregotten and Sander Roelvaag. The team played on the World Curling Tour Europe.

  • Øystein Sørum (skip)
  • Thomas Due (third)
  • Hallvard Sørum (second)
  • Magnus Nedregotten (lead)
  • Sander Rølvaag (lead)
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