Margaretha Sigfridsson
Margaretha Sigfridsson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | January 28, 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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nation | Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
society | Skellefteå Curling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Lead | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing hand | right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | active | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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last change: February 20, 2014 |
Margaretha Sigfridsson (born January 28, 1976 ) is a Swedish curler .
She belongs to the Skellefteå Curling Club and is the skip and lead in her team. At the Curling Junior World Championships in 1997, she led the Swedish team to the silver medal in the position of skip. The final was lost 3-11 against Scotland, led by Skip Julia Ewart .
Also as Skip, she won the silver medal at the 2002 World Curling Championships in Bismarck, USA. She also lost this final against Scotland 6-5 with Skip Jackie Lockhart .
In 2009 she played for the Norberg team at the position of lead at the World Curling Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, as Anna Svärd, who normally plays lead, could not take part because of her first pregnancy.
In 2012 and 2013 she became Vice World Champion as skip on the lead position with Maria Wennerström, Christina Bertrup and Maria Prytz.
In 2014 she won silver at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi .
Current team members (as of May 2016) are Second Maria Wennerström, Third Christina Bertrup and Fourth Cissi Ostlund.
successes
- Olympic Winter Games: Silver 2014
- World Championships: silver in 2002 and 2009
- European Championships: Gold 2010
- Junior World Championships: Silver 1997
Web links
- Margaretha Sigfridsson on Worldcurling.org (English)
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SURNAME | Sigfridsson, Margaretha |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish curler |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1976 |