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Tim Somerville

American curler

Tim Somerville (born September 14, 1960) is an American curler from Coon Rapids, Minnesota. He is a three-time Olympian. He won the bronze medal at the 1992 Winter Games when curling was an exhibition event.

01Curling career

As a junior curler, Somerville was a four-time Wisconsin state junior champion, 1979-82. After this run of junior championships, he joined his father Bud's men's team and won the Wisconsin state men's championship in back-to-back years, 1983 and 1984. Still playing with his father, he won the bronze medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, where curling was still an exhibition event.

After the 1992 Winter Games, Somerville returned to skipping his own team, to great success. He won the United States Men's Championship three times, in 1995, 1996, and 1999. Each of those years he then represented the United States at the World Men's Championships, where he finished fourth, seventh, and fourth, respectively. He also competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, where the American team placed fourth, and at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

02Personal life

Somerville's father, Bud Somerville, was also a highly successful curler. Bud was world champion in 1965 and 1974, was skip of the 1992 bronze medal Olympic team, and the first inductee into the United States Curling Hall of Fame.

03Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1978-79 Tim SomervilleJoe GeeganDewey BasleyKen Larson
1979-80 Tim SomervilleJoe GeeganDewey BasleyKen Larson
1980-81 Tim SomervilleJoe GeeganDewey BasleyKen Larson
1981-82 Tim SomervilleDewey BasleyMike SchneebergerDan Sitek
1982-83 Bob Nichols (fourth)Bud Somerville (skip)Tim SomervilleBob Christman
1983-84 Bob Nichols (fourth)Bud Somerville (skip)Tim SomervilleBob Christman
1990-91 Tim Somerville (fourth)Mike StrumBud Somerville (skip)Bill Strum1991 USOCT
1991-92 Tim Somerville (fourth)Mike StrumBud Somerville (skip)Bill StrumBob NicholsBob Buchanan1992 OG
1992-93 Tim SomervilleMike StrumMike SchneebergerJohn Gordon1993 USMCC (4th)
1994-95 Tim SomervilleMike SchneebergerMyles BrundidgeJohn GordonBud Somerville1995 USMCC
1995 WMCC (4th)
1995-96 Tim SomervilleMike SchneebergerMyles BrundidgeJohn GordonDonald Barcome Jr.1996 USMCC
1996 WMCC (7th)
1997-98 Tim SomervilleMike PeplinskiMyles BrundidgeJohn GordonTim Solin1997 USOCT
1998 OG (4th)
1998-99 Tim SomervilleDonald Barcome Jr.Myles BrundidgeJohn GordonMark HaluptzokBud Somerville1999 USMCC
1999 WMCC (4th)
1999-00 Tim SomervilleMike SchneebergerMyles BrundidgeJohn GordonBud Somerville2000 USMCC (7th)
2001-02 Tim SomervilleMike SchneebergerMyles BrundidgeJohn GordonDonald Barcome Jr. (OG)Bud Somerville2001 USOCT
2002 OG (7th)
2002 USMCC (5th)
2002-03 Tim SomervilleMike SchneebergerGreg JohnsonJohn GordonDave Puleo2003 USMCC (6th)
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