Eigil Ramsfjell
Eigil Ramsfjell (born March 17, 1955 in Oslo) is a Norwegian curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. Many consider him as one of the pioneers in modern curling. He received a bronze medal as skip at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.[1] He was skip on the gold winning team when curling was a demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
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Born | March 17, 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | Snarøen CC, Oslo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World Championship appearances | 15 (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Championship appearances | 11 (1979, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic appearances | 1 (1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ramsfjell is a three-time world champion, and has also received silver and bronze medals at the world championships.
His son, Magnus followed in his footsteps, and is a former World Junior bronze medalist.[2]
References
- "1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Curling" Archived 2007-08-25 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on March 15, 2008)
- https://www.curlingworldcup.com/news/upsets-triumphs-and-redemption-in-national-championships
External links
- Eigil Ramsfjell at International Olympic Committee
- Eigil Ramsfjell at Olympedia
- Eigil Ramsfjell at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Eigil Ramsfjell at World Curling Federation
- Eigil Ramsfjell at CurlingZone
- Eigil Ramsfjell on the CurlingZone database
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