Thierry Mercier (born 1 May 1967) is a French curler and curling coach.[2]
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Born | 1 May 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | Club de sports Megève, Megève[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Curling career | |||||||||||||||||||||
Member Association | France | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Championship appearances | 6 (1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances | 1 (2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||
European Championship appearances | 10 (1984, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic appearances | 1 (1992 - demo) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other appearances | World Mixed Championship: 1 (2015), European Mixed Championship: 1 (2007), World Junior Championships: 4 (1983, 1984, 1986, 1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the national level, he is a four-time French men's champion.
He participated in the demonstration curling events at the 1992 Winter Olympics, where the French men's team finished in sixth place.
Teams
editMen's
editSeason | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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1982–83 | Dominique Dupont-Roc | Patrick Philippe | Christian Dupont-Roc | Thierry Mercier | WJCC 1983 (9th) | ||
1983–84 | Dominique Dupont-Roc | Philippe Pomi | Christian Dupont-Roc | Thierry Mercier | WJCC 1984 (8th) | ||
1984–85 | Maurice Mercier | Thierry Mercier | Jacques Joulien | Emile Pomi | ECC 1984 (11th) | ||
1985–86 | Lionel Tournier | Thierry Mercier | Jean-Francois Delavay | Pascal Coppel | WJCC 1986 (9th) | ||
Dominique Dupont-Roc | Christian Dupont-Roc | Thierry Mercier | Daniel Cosetto (ECC) Patrick Philippe (WCC) |
ECC 1985 (11th) WCC 1986 (7th) | |||
1987–88 | Christophe Boan | Gerard Ravello | Alain Brangi | Thierry Mercier | ECC 1987 (12th) | ||
Thierry Mercier | Lionel Tournier | Christian Cossetto | René-Georges Wohlfei | Jan Henri Ducroz | WJCC 1988 (9th) | ||
Christophe Boan | Thierry Mercier | Gerard Ravello | Alain Brangi | WCC 1988 (7th) | |||
1988–89 | Dominique Dupont-Roc | Christian Dupont-Roc | Daniel Cosetto | Patrick Philippe | Thierry Mercier | WCC 1989 (9th) | |
1990–91 | Thierry Mercier | Daniel Cosetto | Lionel Tournier | Laurent Flenghi | Joel Indergand | ECC 1990 (6th) | |
Dominique Dupont-Roc | Claude Feige | Thierry Mercier | Patrick Philippe | Daniel Moratelli | WCC 1991 (9th) | ||
1991–92 | Dominique Dupont-Roc | Claude Feige | Patrick Philippe | Daniel Moratelli | Thierry Mercier | ECC 1991 (5th) | |
Dominique Dupont-Roc | Claude Feige | Patrick Philippe | Thierry Mercier | Daniel Moratelli | WOG 1992 (demo) (6th) | ||
Thierry Mercier (fourth) | Christophe Boan (skip) | Spencer Mugnier | Gerard Ravello | WCC 1992 (10th) | |||
1993–94 | Jan Henri Ducroz | Christian Dupont-Roc | Lionel Tournier | Cyrille Prunet | Thierry Mercier | ECC 1993 (6th) | |
1994–95 | Thierry Mercier (fourth) | Christophe Boan (skip) | Patrick Philippe | Gerard Ravello | Lionel Tournier | Michel Jeannot | ECC 1994 (13th) |
1999–00 | Thierry Mercier | Cyrille Prunet | Eric Laffin | Gerard Ravello | Lionel Tournier | ECC 1999 (7th) WCC 2000 (9th) | |
2001–02 | Thierry Mercier | Cyrille Prunet | Eric Laffin | Lionel Tournier | ECC 2001 (7th) | ||
2004–05 | Thierry Mercier | Cyrille Prunet | Eric Laffin | Jérémy Frarier | Thomas Dufour | Robert Biondina | ECC 2004 (10th) |
2017–18 | Theo Ducroz | Quentin Morard | Eddy Mercier | Killian Gaudin | Thierry Mercier | Noel Morard | ECC 2017 (C division) (2nd) |
Mixed
editSeason | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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2007–08 | Thierry Mercier | Fabienne Morand | Patrick Boez | Marie-Pierre D'Espezel de Roquetaillade | EMxCC 2007 (18th) |
2015–16 | Thierry Mercier | Sandrine Morand | Romain Borini | Catherine Emberger | WMxCC 2015 (15th) |
Mixed doubles
editSeason | Female | Male | Events |
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2014–15 | Catherine Emberger | Thierry Mercier | WMDCC 2015 (21st) |
Record as a coach of national teams
editPersonal life
editThierry Mercier is from family of curlers: his mother Agnès Mercier[3] is known French curler, many times French women's champion, she competed on 1988 Winter Olympics, number of World and European championships. Thierry's older sister is Annick Mercier, curler, many times French champion, she competed on 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics, number of Worlds and Euros.
References
edit- ^ Club des sports de Megève(in French)
- ^ Thierry Mercier at World Curling
- ^ Agnes Mercier at World Curling
External links
edit- Thierry Mercier at World Curling
- Thierry Mercier at Olympics.com
- Thierry Mercier at Olympedia
- Video: 1991 World Men's Curling Championship, round robin, Canada (Kevin Martin) - France (Dominique Dupont-Roc) on YouTube