Oliver Dupont

Oliver Dupont
Curler
Born (1990-01-06) January 6, 1990
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Team
Curling club Hvidovre CC,
Hvidovre, Denmark
Skip Rasmus Stjerne
Third Johnny Frederiksen
Second Mikkel Poulsen
Lead Troels Harry
Alternate Oliver Dupont
Career
World Championship
appearances
2 (2014, 2016)
European Championship
appearances
2 (2014, 2015)

Oliver Dupont (born January 6, 1990) is a Danish curler. He won a gold medal at the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships.

Junior career

As a junior curler, Dupont competed in five consecutive World Junior Curling Championships with Denmark from 2007 to 2010. Denmark's best result was in 2009, when they won their first ever junior title.[1] Dupont's all-time World Junior Curling Championship personal record is 22-19.

Professional career

Dupont jumped into mixed curling, competing in the 2012 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with Mette de Neergard.[2] They finished in 9th. He later curled at the 2015 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with his sister, Denise. They placed 5th.

At the 2014 European Curling Championships, Dupont and his team finished in ninth. However, Denmark had already qualified for the 2014 World Men's Championships the year before, and the Hvidore CC traveled to Beijing to compete. Dupont was an alternate, but ended up playing. Denmark finished in 12th.

Dupont has also competes at various World Curling Tour events, most recently the 2013 German Masters and 2014 Baden Masters.

Personal life

Oliver comes from a curling family. Dupont's father, Kim, competed at the 1980 and 1981 World Junior Curling Championships. His mother, Gitte, won a bronze medal with Denmark at the 1990 World Women's Curling Championships. They both curled for Hvidore CC. His sister, Denise, has competed at the 2006 and 2010 Olympics, as well as nine World Championships. His other sister, Madeleine, competed at the 2010 Olympics, and won the Frances Brodie Award in 2004.

References

  1. Klaver, Andrew (March 16, 2009). "Denmark curling history". The Curling News. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  2. "2012 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship – Teams". World Curling Federation. Retrieved October 20, 2015.

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