Thierry Mercier (born 1 May 1967) is a French curler and curling coach.[2]

Thierry Mercier
 
Born (1967-05-01) 1 May 1967 (age 57)
Team
Curling clubClub 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 appearancesWorld Mixed Championship: 1 (2015),
European Mixed Championship: 1 (2007),
World Junior Championships: 4 (1983, 1984, 1986, 1988)
Medal record
Curling
French Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1999
Gold medal – first place 2001
Gold medal – first place 2004
Gold medal – first place 2007

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

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Men's

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
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

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
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

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Season Female Male Events
2014–15 Catherine Emberger Thierry Mercier WMDCC 2015 (21st)

Record as a coach of national teams

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Year Tournament, event National team Place
1992 1992 World Junior Curling Championships   France (junior women)
7
1992 1992 European Curling Championships   France (men)
5
1993 1993 World Junior Curling Championships   France (junior women)
8
1993 1993 World Men's Curling Championship   France (men)
10
2000 2000 World Junior Curling Championships   France (junior women)
10
2001 2001 World Junior B Curling Championships   France (junior women)
5
2002 2002 European Curling Championships   Spain (men)
18
2002 2002 European Curling Championships   Spain (women)
18
2003 2003 European Curling Championships   Spain (men)
19
2017 2017 World Junior B Curling Championships   France (junior men)
11
2017 2017 European Curling Championships   France (men)
17
2018 2018 World Junior B Curling Championships   France (junior men)
13
2018 2018 European Curling Championships   France (men)
26
2019 2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships (January)   France (junior men)
5
2019 2019 European Curling Championships (C division)   France (women)
6
2019 2019 European Curling Championships   France (men)
20
2019 2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships (December)   France (junior men)
4
2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics (mixed)   France (mixed)
23
2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics (mixed doubles)
Chana Beitone (FRA) / Nikolai Lysakov (RUS)
  France/  Russia
 

Personal life

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Thierry 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

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