Torger Nergård

Torger Nergård, also spelled Nergaard (born 12 December 1974 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian curler from Oslo.[1][2][3]

Torger Nergård
Curler
Born	(1974-12-12) 12 December 1974 Trondheim, Norway
Team
Curling club	Snarøen CC, Oslo, NOR
Skip	Thomas Ulsrud
Third	Torger Nergård
Second	Christoffer Svae
Lead	Håvard Vad Petersson
Alternate	Markus Høiberg
Career
World Championship appearances	12 (1998, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016)
European Championship appearances	18 (1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Olympic appearances	5 (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)
Medal record Curling Representing  Norway Winter Olympics 2002 Salt Lake City 2010 Vancouver World Championships 2014 Beijing 2015 Halifax 2010 Cortina d'Ampezzo 2009 Moncton 2008 Grand Forks 2006 Lowell European Championships 2011 Moscow 2010 Champéry 2005 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2016 Renfrewshire 2014 Champéry 2013 Stavanger 2012 Karlstad 2008 Örnsköldsvik 2007 Füssen 2015 Esbjerg 2009 Aberdeen 2002 Grindelwald

Career

Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team Thomas Ulsrud.[2] 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. Nergård was the alternate for Pål Trulsen's team when Norway won the gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2005 European Curling Championships.

With Team Ulsrud, Nergård played lead in 1997, second in 1998, and third in 2000, 2002–2003 and 2006–2010; the latter years saw the team winning six World Curling Tour events, four European Curling Championship medals (silver in 2007 and 2008; bronze in 2002 and 2009), three World Curling Championship bronze medals (2006, 2008 and 2009), and silver at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.[3][4][5]

Nergård, right, with Thomas Ulsrud at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Nergård competed as skip during the 2010 World Curling Championship in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, when Thomas Ulsrud had to return home for family reasons. Team Nergård won the silver medal having played some memorable matches, including a 9–8 win against Canada's Team Kevin Koe in the final round-robin game, which placed Norway first in the rankings (10–1), and a 9–7 win against Scotland's Team Warwick Smith in the semi-final.[6][7][8] On the strength of Norway's national team during the tournament, Nergård commented that "it wasn't easy coming into the championship without Tom [Ulsrud], but I think we have shown that we can play well. We are a small nation and there are not many curlers compared to the choice in Canada."[7] At the closing ceremony of the championship, Nergård was honoured by his fellow competitors with the 2010 Colin Campbell Memorial Award, a recognition given to an athlete who "by deed and action in the course of their performance, best exemplified the traditional curling values of skill, honesty, fair play, friendship and sportsmanship."[9]

Following 2010, the team would not medal again at the World Championships, but they did win back-to-back golds at the European Curling Championships in 2010 and 2011 and won silver in 2012.

Personal life

Nergård is married to fellow curler Marianne Rørvik and has two children.[10][11] He is employed as an engineer[12] with Goodtech Projects and Services.[13]

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Events
1990–91	Thomas Due	Torger Nergård	Mads Rygg	Johan Høstmælingen	Krister Aanesen	1991 WJCC
1991–92	Thomas Due	Torger Nergård	Mads Rygg	Johan Høstmælingen	Thomas Ulsrud	1992 WJCC
1995–96	Torger Nergård	Robert Kokkinn	Magnus Utgård	Jan Øivind Hewitt	Kenneth Andersen	1996 WJCC
1997–98	Thomas Ulsrud	Johan Høstmælingen	Thomas Due	Torger Nergård	Rolf Andreas Lauten	1997 ECC
	Thomas Ulsrud	Thomas Due	Torger Nergård	Johan Høstmælingen	Rolf Andreas Lauten	1998 WCC
2000–01	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Thomas Due	Johan Høstmælingen	Flemming Davanger	2000 ECC
2001–02	Pål Trulsen	Lars Vågberg	Flemming Davanger	Bent Ånund Ramsfjell	Torger Nergård	2001 ECC, 2002 OG
2002–03	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Thomas Due	Johan Høstmælingen	Thomas Løvold	2002 ECC
2003–04	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Thomas Due	Jan Thoresen	Thomas Løvold	2003 ECC
	Pål Trulsen	Lars Vågberg	Flemming Davanger	Bent Ånund Ramsfjell	Torger Nergård	2004 WCC
2005–06	Pål Trulsen	Lars Vågberg	Flemming Davanger	Bent Ånund Ramsfjell	Torger Nergård	2005 ECC, 2006 OG
	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Thomas Due	Jan Thoresen	Christoffer Svae	2006 WCC
2006–07	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Thomas Due	Jan Thoresen	Christoffer Svae Petter Moe Thomas Løvold	2006 ECC, 2007 WCC
2007–08	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Christoffer Svae	Håvard Vad Petersson	Thomas Due	2007 ECC, 2008 WCC
2008–09	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Christoffer Svae	Håvard Vad Petersson	Thomas Due Thomas Løvold	2008 ECC, 2009 WCC
2009–10	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Christoffer Svae	Håvard Vad Petersson	Thomas Løvold	2009 ECC, 2010 OG
2010–11	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Christoffer Svae	Håvard Vad Petersson	Markus Høiberg	2010 ECC, 2011 WCC
2011–12	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Christoffer Svae	Håvard Vad Petersson	Markus Høiberg	2011 ECC, 2012 WCC
2012–13	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Christoffer Svae	Håvard Vad Petersson	Thomas Løvold Markus Høiberg	2012 ECC, 2013 WCC
2013–14	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Christoffer Svae	Håvard Vad Petersson	Markus Høiberg	2013 ECC, 2014 OG, 2014 WCC
2014–15	Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Christoffer Svae	Håvard Vad Petersson	Markus Høiberg

References

1. "About Team Ulsrud". Archived 2010-08-23 at the Wayback Machine TeamUlsrud.com. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
2. "Torger Nergaard, Curling" (Curling > Athletes). Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
3. "Torger Nergaard" (Profiles > Events). Archived 2012-03-08 at the Wayback Machine ASHAM World Curling Tour. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
4. "Results/Statistics" (Competitions > European Championships). Archived 2010-05-06 at the Wayback Machine European Curling Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
5. "Men's Gold Medal Game" (Curling Schedule > Results). Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. 27 February 2010.
6. "Capitol One World Men's Championship – Finals" (News). World Curling Federation. 11 April 2010.
7. Quoted from "Capitol One World Men's Championship – Day 6" (News). World Curling Federation. 8 April 2010.
8. "Capitol One World Men's Championship – Day 8" (News). World Curling Federation. 10 April 2010.
9. Quoted from "Torger Nergård wins Collie Campbell Memorial Award 2010". World Curling Federation. 11 April 2010.
10. http://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/team-ulsrud/
11. http://www.dittoslo.no/nordre-aker/nyheter-nordre-aker/trenger-kanskje-barnevakt-under-ol-1.8203409
12. http://cloudfront6.curling.ca/2015worldmen-en/files/2015/03/EYE-OPENER-FRIDAY-ALL.pdf
13. 2018 Continental Cup Media Guide

External links

• Official homepage of Team Ulsrud
• Torger Nergård on the World Curling Federation database
• Torger Nergaard on the World Curling Tour database
• Torger Nergaard on the CurlingZone database
• Complete coverages of Team Norway's Olympics performances at the official Vancouver Olympic Games 2010 Channel
• Team Ulsrud in training on Eurosport Norge. "EurosportNorge møter curlinggutta". 4 December 2009.
• Team Norway interviewed on Grand Slam of Curling. Olympic Curling – Team Norway. 17 February 2010.