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{{Short description|French curler (born 1973)}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Thomas Dufour
| image_size = 250px
| gender = m
| image = France-canada03.jpg
| caption = 
| other_names = 
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|2|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Chamonix]], [[France]]
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| Curling club = Chamonix CC, [[Chamonix]]
| Skip = '''Thomas Dufour'''
| Fourth = [[Tony Angiboust]]
| Second = [[Lionel Roux (curler)|Lionel Roux]]
| Lead = [[Wilfrid Coulot]]
| Alternate = [[Jérémy Frarier]]
| World Championship appearances = 8 (2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
| European Championship appearances = 15 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,2012)
| Olympic appearances = 2 (2002, 2010)
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[curling]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{FRA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Junior Curling Championships|World Junior Championships]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1992 World Junior Curling Championships|1992 Oberstdorf]] | }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1993 World Junior Curling Championships|1993 Grindelwald]] | }}
}}

'''Thomas Dufour''' (born 12 February 1973) is a French [[curling|curler]]. He currently skips the French national team.

==Career==
[[File:Thomas Dufour.jpg|thumb|left|Dufour at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]]]]
Thomas Dufour has played in:

* 2 Olympic Games, the [[Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics]] and the [[Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics]].
* 8 [[World Curling Championships]] ({{WMCC|2001}}, {{WMCC|2004}}, {{WMCC|2007}}, {{WMCC|2008}}, {{WMCC|2009}}, {{WMCC|2010}}, {{WMCC|2011}}, {{WMCC|2012}}).
* 15 [[European Curling Championships]] ({{EuCC|1995}}, {{EuCC|1996}}, {{EuCC|1997}}, {{EuCC|1998}}, {{EuCC|2000}}, {{EuCC|2003}}, {{EuCC|2004}}, {{EuCC|2005}}, {{EuCC|2006}}, {{EuCC|2007}}, {{EuCC|2008}}, {{EuCC|2009}}, {{EuCC|2010}}, {{EuCC|2011}}, {{EuCC|2012}}).
* 5 [[World Junior Curling Championships]] ([[1990 World Junior Curling Championships|1990]], [[1991 World Junior Curling Championships|1991]], [[1992 World Junior Curling Championships|1992]], [[1993 World Junior Curling Championships|1993]], [[1994 World Junior Curling Championships|1994]]).

Dufour's best placing at the World Championships was a fifth-place finish in 2008 and 2011. At the 2010 Olympics, the team finished 7th, where they made a terrific shot to win their first game against china.

Dufour won two medals in his junior career. In [[1992 World Junior Curling Championships|1992]], he won the silver medal at the World Juniors, playing lead for [[Jan Henri Ducroz]]. In [[1993 World Junior Curling Championships|1993]], he won the bronze medal playing third for [[Spencer Mugnier]].

He also won a bronze medal at the [[2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship]] coaching [[Pauline Jeanneret]] and [[Amaury Pernette]].

In 2008	he won the Colin Campbell Award (best spormantship during the worlds)
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==Teams==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col"| Season
! scope="col"| Skip
! scope="col"| Third
! scope="col"| Second
! scope="col"| Lead
! scope="col"| Alternate
! scope="col"| Events
|-
! scope="row"| 1989–90
| [[Jan Henri Ducroz]] || [[Spencer Mugnier]] || [[Sylvain Ducroz]] || Thomas Dufour ||  || [[1990 World Junior Curling Championships|1990 WJCC]]
|-
! scope="row"| 1990–91 
| Jan Henri Ducroz || Spencer Mugnier || Sylvain Ducroz || Thomas Dufour || [[Philippe Caux]] || [[1991 World Junior Curling Championships|1991 WJCC]]
|-
! scope="row"| 1991–92
| Jan Henri Ducroz || Spencer Mugnier || Sylvain Ducroz || Thomas Dufour || Philippe Caux || [[1992 World Junior Curling Championships|1992 WJCC]]
|-
! scope="row"| 1992–93
| Spencer Mugnier || Thomas Dufour || Sylvain Ducroz || Philippe Caux || [[Cyrille Prunet]] || [[1993 World Junior Curling Championships|1993 WJCC]]
|-
! scope="row"| 1993–94
| Spencer Mugnier || Thomas Dufour || Sylvain Ducroz || Philippe Caux || Cyrille Prunet || [[1994 World Junior Curling Championships|1994 WJCC]]
|-
! scope="row"| 1995–96 
| Jan Henri Ducroz || Spencer Mugnier || [[Daniel Cosetto]] || Thomas Dufour || [[Lionel Tournier]] || 1995 [[European Curling Championships|ECC]]
|-
! scope="row"| 2004–05
| Thomas Dufour || [[Lionel Roux (curler)|Lionel Roux]] || Philippe Caux || [[Tony Angiboust]] || ||
|-
! scope="row"| 2005–06
| Thomas Dufour || Philippe Caux || Tony Angiboust || [[Julien Charlet]] || ||
|-
! scope="row"| 2006–07
| Thomas Dufour || Tony Angiboust || Jan Henri Ducroz || [[Richard Ducroz]] || ||
|-
! scope="row"| 2007–08
| Thomas Dufour || Tony Angiboust || Jan Henri Ducroz || Richard Ducroz || [[Raphael Mathieu]] ||
|-
! scope="row"| 2008–09
| Thomas Dufour || Tony Angiboust || Richard Ducroz{{efn|Lead for most of the season}} || Jan Henri Ducroz{{efn|Second for most of the season}} || Raphael Mathieu || 2009 [[World Curling Championships|WCC]]
|-
! scope="row"| 2009–10 
| Thomas Dufour || Tony Angiboust || Jan Henri Ducroz || Richard Ducroz || Raphael Mathieu || 2010 [[Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics|OGs]]
|-
! scope="row"| 2010–11 
| Thomas Dufour || Tony Angiboust (fourth) || Lionel Roux || [[Wilfrid Coulot]] || Jan Ducroz || 2011 [[2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship|WCC]]
|}

==Notes==
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==External links==
* {{Sports links}}

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[[Category:French male curlers]]
[[Category:Curlers at the 2002 Winter Olympics]]
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[[Category:Olympic curlers for France]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Chamonix]]
[[Category:Curlers from Haute-Savoie]]
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