Curt Tomasevicz
Olympic Gold Medalist
Launch the media gallery 1 playerElgin Public students and staff had the rare privilege of having an Olympic champion speak on Monday at the school. Gold Medalist, Curt Tomasevicz, spoke to the students about not only his Olympic experiences but of his life experiences and growing up in the small town of Shelby, Nebraska. Curt reminded students to always remember where they came from, where they are and where they are going.
Launch the media gallery 2 playerCurt showed the students his gold medal, some of his bobsledding equipment and a video of his Olympic race. He talked about the opportunity for world travel that the sport had allowed him and how his gloves went into outer space with fellow Nebraskan, Clayton Anderson. Curt's talk was followed by a question and answer session.
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"Curtis Tomasevicz (born September 17, 1980) is an American former college football player for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers, and bobsledder who has competed since 2004. He won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with a gold (Four-man: 2009), a silver (Mixed team: 2007) and three bronzes (Two-man: 2009, Mixed team: 2008, 2009).
Tomasevicz finished sixth in the four-man event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He was an alternate during the (2006-07) season on World Cup tour for driver Steven Holcomb and won a gold in Cesana, Italy during the 2007-08 season.
It was announced on 15 January 2010 that he made the US team in both the two-man and four-man events at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he won a gold medal.
[edit] Personal life
Tomasevicz earned his bachelor and master’s of science degree in electrical engineering with a minor in astronomy from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He was named an Academic All Big XII in 2002 and also played football for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers from 2000-03. He comes from Shelby, Nebraska. He also speaks at schools around Nebraska." Taken from Wikipedia