Elisabeth Högström

Elisabeth Högström
birthday	March 27, 1951
Career
nation	Sweden
society	Karlstads CK
Playing position	Skip
Playing hand	right
status	unknown
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 1 × 0 × World Cup medals 1 × 2 × 0 × EM medals 5 × 1 × 0 ×
winter Olympics silver 1988 Calgary World Curling Championship silver 1980 Perth gold 1981 Perth silver 1982 Geneva European Curling Championship gold 1976 West Berlin gold 1980 Copenhagen silver 1981 Grindelwald gold 1982 Kirkcaldy gold 1983 Västerås gold 1988 Perth
last change: March 15, 2010

Elisabeth Högström (born March 27, 1951 ) is a Swedish curler .

Högström made her international debut at the 1976 European Championships in West Berlin , where she won the gold medal.

Högström played as the skip of the Swedish team in the XV. 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics in curling. The team won the Olympic silver medal after a 5-7 defeat in the final against Canada by Skip Linda Moore . Since curling was still a demonstration sport at that time, the medal has no official status.

successes

• World Champion 1981
• European champion in 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1988
• 2nd place Olympic Winter Games 1988 (demonstration competition)
• 2nd place World Championship 1980, 1982
• 2nd place European Championship 1981

Web links

• Elisabeth Högström on Worldcurling.org (English)