Elisabeth Persson

Maria Elisabeth Persson (born 21 January 1964) is a Swedish curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.[1][2] She is three times world champion with the Swedish team, from 1995, 1998 and 1999, with skip Elisabet Gustafson.

Elisabeth Persson
Curler
Other namesMaria Elisabeth Persson
Born21 January 1964 (1964-01-21) (age 56)
Umeå, Sweden
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
1998 Nagano
World Championships
1995 Brandon
1998 Kamloops
1999 Saint John
European Championships
1992 Perth
1993 Leukerbad
1997 Füssen
2000 Oberstdorf
1996 Copenhagen
1995 Grindelwald

In 1993 she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame and in 2020 she and the rest of Team Gustafson were inducted into the World Curling Hall of Fame.[3]

References
  1. "1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Curling" Archived 2007-08-25 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 19, 2008)
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elisabeth Persson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Full name: Maria Elisabeth Persson
  3. "Canadian and Swedes to be inducted into World Curling Hall of Fame". World Curling Federation. 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2020-02-25.


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