Tom Violette

Tom Violette (born October 26, 1960) is an American curler from Issaquah, Washington and Stevens Point, Wisconsin.^[1]

Tom Violette
Curler  ♂
Born	(1960-10-26) October 26, 1960 (age 64)
Team
Curling club	Granite CC, Seattle, WA
Curling career
Member Association	United States
World Championship appearances	2 (1990, 1992)
Other appearances	World Senior Championships: 1 (2015)
Medal record Curling World Championships 1992 Garmisch-Partenkirchen United States Men's Championship 1990 Superior 1992 Grafton World Senior Championships 2015 Sochi

He is a 1992 World Men's bronze medallist,^[2] a two-time United States men's curling champion (1990, 1992), and a 2015 World Seniors gold medalist.

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Events
1989–90	Bard Nordlund (fourth)	Doug Jones (skip)	Murphy Tomlinson	Tom Violette			1990 USMCC 1990 WMCC (7th)[1]
1991–92	Doug Jones	Jason Larway	Joel Larway	Tom Violette			1992 USMCC 1992 WMCC [3]
1994–95	Doug Jones	Murray Beighton	Ken Trask	Tom Violette
1998–99	Jason Larway	Travis Way	Joel Larway	Tom Violette
1999–00	Tom Violette	Curt Fish	Bard Nordlund	Murphy Tomlinson	Doug Jones		2000 USMCC (DNQ)[4]
2003–04	Wes Johnson	Leon Romaniuk	Colin Hufman	Ryan Beighton	Tom Violette		2004 USMCC (13th)[5]
2011–12	Tom Violette	Leon Romaniuk	Paul Lyttle	Steve Lundeen
2014–15	Lyle Sieg	Tom Violette	Ken Trask	Steve Lundeen	Duane Rutan	Greg Violette	2015 USSCC [6] 2015 WSCC
2015–16	Lyle Sieg	Tom Violette	Ken Trask	Steve Lundeen	Duane Rutan		2016 USSCC
2016–17	Lyle Sieg	Tom Violette	Ken Trask	Steve Lundeen	Duane Rutan		2017 USSCC

Personal life

Tom Violette started curling in 1974, when he was 14 years old.

His son Luc Violette^[7] is a curler too. He played for United States in four World Junior Championships and at the 2019 Winter Universiade.