Petr Dron
{{Short description|Russian curler (born 1985)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Petr Dron
Пётр Дрон
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|08|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Leningrad, USSR
| Curling club = Adamant CC, Saint Petersburg
| Skip = Oleg Krasikov
| Third = Petr Dron
| Second = Sergei Varlamov
| Lead = Danil Kiba
| Alternate = Matvei Vakin
| Mixed doubles partner =
| Member Association = {{RUS}}
| World Championship appearances = 2 ({{WMCC|2013}}, {{WMCC|2014}})
| World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances = 2 ({{WMDCC|2010}}, {{WMDCC|2015}})
| European Championship appearances = 5 ({{EuCC|2006}}, {{EuCC|2007}}, {{EuCC|2011}}, {{EuCC|2012}}, {{EuCC|2013}})
| Olympic appearances = 1 (2014)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry | {{RUS}} | }}
{{MedalSport | Mixed doubles curling}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship }}
{{MedalGold | 2010 Chelyabinsk|}}
}}
Petr Dmitrievich Dron ({{langx|ru|Пётр Дмитриевич Дрон}}; born 28 August 1985 in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian curler and curling coach. He lives in St. Petersburg. He competed at the 2013 World Curling Championships, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.{{cite web |url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-petr-dron |title=Petr Dron |website=Sochi2014.com |publisher=Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi |accessdate=15 February 2014 |archive-date=16 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140216131539/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-petr-dron |url-status=dead }} He currently coaches the Russian men's junior team.{{cite web|url=https://world-curling-federation.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/pdf-documents/competition-CUR_1920_WJCC/2020-02-14-150856793Men's%20Entry%20List%20by%20Country.pdf|title=World Junior Curling Championships 2020. Entry List by Country|website=world-curling-federation|access-date=19 May 2024}}
Career
Dron has been playing on curling competitions since 1996. He finished the Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health. Nationally, Dron won the Federation Cup of Russia (2010–2011), and thrice the Russian Men's Curling Championship (2007, 2011, 2013). He was a member of the Russian team at the 2013 World Men's Curling Championship and at the European Curling Championships in 2012 and 2013. Dron won the 2010 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with Yana Nekrasova.
At the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, his team automatically qualified and became 7th there. In 2016, Dron and Victoria Moiseeva won the Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup, defeating Spaniards Otaegi / Unanue.{{Cite web|url=http://www.curlingru.ru/news/3989|title=Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 2016. Результаты|accessdate=19 May 2024}}
References
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{{Footer World Mixed Doubles Curling Champions}}
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Category:Curlers from Saint Petersburg
Category:Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic curlers for Russia
Category:Russian curling champions
Category:World mixed doubles curling champions
Category:Russian curling coaches
Category:Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health alumni
Category:21st-century Russian sportsmen
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