Jan Thoresen (born December 1, 1968) is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 curler

Curling

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

. He currently plays lead for Tormod Andreasen.

Thoresen played juniors for Anthon Grimsmo

Anthon Grimsmo

Anthon Grimsmo is a Norwegian curler and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano....

. He won a bronze medal at the 1987 World Junior Curling Championships

World Junior Curling Championships

The World Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competition for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1975 and the women's 1988...

 playing second for Grimsmo.

Thoresen would then join up with Eigil Ramsfjell

Eigil Ramsfjell

Eigil Ramsfjell is a Norwegian curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. Many consider him as one of pioneers in modern curling. He received a bronze medal as skip at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano...

 playing both third and second for him. As a third on the team, he won a bronze medal at the 1995 European Curling Championships

European Curling Championships

The European Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments held in Europe between various European nations and hosted by the European Curling Federation. The European Curling Championships are usually held in early to mid December...

 and a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

By 2003, Thoresen would find himself playing lead for Thomas Ulsrud. He won a bronze medal at the 2006 World Men's Curling Championship

2006 World Men's Curling Championship

-Draw 2:April 1, 16:00-Draw 3:April 2, 09:00-Draw 4:April 2, 14:00-Draw 5:April 2, 19:00-Draw 6:April 3, 09:00-Draw 7:April 3, 14:00-Draw 8:April 3, 19:00-Draw 9:April 4, 09:00...

 with Ulsrud, Nergaard and Due.

Team mates up until 2007

• Torger Nergård
  Torger Nergård
  Torger Nergård is a Norwegian curler.Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team Thomas Ulsrud. At Junior level, he played third at the 1991 and 1992 World Junior Curling Championships for Thomas Due, and skipped his own team in 1996...
  
   (third)
• Thomas Due
  Thomas Due
  Thomas Due is a Norwegian curler.Thomas Due has been part of the Norwegian National Curling team since he was a junior. Altogether he holds 6 Norwegian Championship Gold Medals...
  
   (second)
• Jan Thoresen (lead)
• Christoffer Svae
  Christoffer Svae
  Christoffer Svae is a Norwegian curler who currently plays second for Team Thomas Ulsrud.At Junior level, Svae played second for Team Thomas Løvold and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships "B" tournaments.Svae formally joined Team Ulsrud in 2007 having played...
  
   (alternate)
• Johan Hoestmaelingen(alternate)

Team mates 2007

• In 2007 Thomas Due and Jan Thoresen startet a new team together with Tormod Andreasen and Kjell Berg. The team currently plays on the World Curling Tour Europe.

• Tormod Andreasen (skip)
• Thomas Due
  Thomas Due
  Thomas Due is a Norwegian curler.Thomas Due has been part of the Norwegian National Curling team since he was a junior. Altogether he holds 6 Norwegian Championship Gold Medals...
  
   (third)
• Kejll Berg (second)
• Jan Thoresen (lead)