Raymond Somerville

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Raymond Somerville Curling
birthday January 27, 1937
place of birth Superior , Wisconsin
Career
nation United StatesUnited States United States
society Superior CC, Wisconsin
Playing position Alternate
Playing hand right
status unknown
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
World Cup medals 2 × gold 2 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze 1992 Albertville
World Curling ChampionshipTemplate: medals_winter sports / maintenance / unrecognized
gold 1965 Perth
bronze 1968 Pointe Claire
silver 1969 Perth
gold 1974 Bern
silver 1981 London
last change: March 15, 2010

Raymond "Bud" Somerville (born January 27, 1937 in Superior , Wisconsin ) is an American curler .

Somerville made his international debut at the predecessor of the World Cup, the Scotch Cup in Perth in 1965 , where he won the gold medal.

Somerville played as the third of the US team in the XV. 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and as a skip at the XVI. 1992 Winter Olympics in Nagano in curling. The team finished fifth in 1988 and in 1992 the team won the Olympic bronze medal after a 9-2 victory in the third place match against Canada for Skip Kevin Martin . Since curling was still a demonstration sport at the time, the medal has no official status.

In the Curling World Championship for Men 1995 he had his last international appearance. In his son Tim's team he took fourth place as an alternate.

In 1984, Raymond Somerville was first named to the United States Curling Hall of Fame .

successes

  • World Champion 1965, 1974
  • 2nd place World Championship 1969, 1981
  • 3rd place Olympic Winter Games 1992 (demonstration competition)
  • 3rd place World Championship 1968
  • American champion 1965, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1981

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personal data
SURNAME Somerville, Raymond
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Somerville, Bud
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American curler
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Superior , Wisconsin