Career
Ulsrud is also the current holder of the record for most wins by a skip at the World Men"s Curling Championship. Ulsrud has curled since 1983. In his second World Junior Curling Championship in 1988, Ulsrud skipped Norway to a bronze medal.
In 1997, he skipped in his first European Curling Championships, finishing in seventh place.
Team Ulsrud competed again in 2000–2003, 2006–2009, winning bronze in 2002, silver in 2007, and bronze in 2009. In his first World Curling Championship in 1998, Ulsrud skipped Norway to fifth place.
Two more bronze medals followed in 2008 and 2009. At the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Team Ulsrud attracted worldwide attention, not only for introducing Loudmouth Golf"s colourful harlequin pants to the arena, but also for winning the silver medal after the final game against Canada"s Team Kevin Martin.
Immediately at the start of the 2010 World Curling Championship in Cortina d"Ampezzo, Italy, Ulsrud had to return home for family reasons.
The team topped the season off by finishing fourth at the 2011 Ford World Men"s Curling Championship. Later that season they would once again finish 4th at the 2012 World Men"s Curling Championship. The Ulsrud rink would continue their domination at the European championship by winning the silver medal at both the 2012 and 2013 events.
They were less successful at the 2013 Ford World Men"s Curling Championship, finishing in 5th place.
The rink represented Norway once again at the 2014 Winter Olympics, where they finished 5th, with a 5-5 record. They lost in a tie-breaker match to Great Britain, skipped by David Murdoch.
The team capped off their season by winning a gold medal at the 2014 World Men"s Curling Championship.