Håvard Vad Petersson


Håvard Vad Petersson is a Norwegian curler from Arendal who currently plays lead for Team Thomas Ulsrud.
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.
With Team Ulsrud during the 2007–2010 seasons, Petersson won six World Curling Tour events, three European Curling Championship medals, three World Curling Championship medals, 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.

Personal life

Petersson is married to Kristin Olstad and has two children. He is currently employed as a businessman, and owns Smoothie Xchange/Funky Frozen Yogurt.

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