Margit Pörtner
Margit Pörtner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | February 16, 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Hørsholm, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
date of death | April 26, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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nation | Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
society | Hvidovre CC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing hand | right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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last change: March 8, 2010 |
Margit Elisabeth Pörtner (born February 16, 1972 in Hørsholm ; † April 26, 2017 ) was a Danish curler .
Pörtner made her international debut at the Junior World Championship in Glasgow in 1991 , but she remained without a medal. In 1993 she won her first precious metal with the bronze medal at the JWM in Grindelwald .
Pörtner played as the third of the Danish team in the XVIII. Winter Olympics in Nagano in curling. The team won the Olympic silver medal after a 5-7 defeat in the final against Canada by Skip Sandra Schmirler .
Margit Pörtner died in April 2017 at the age of 45 from complications from cancer.
successes
- European champion in 1994
- Junior world champion 1993
- 2nd place Olympic Winter Games 1998
- 2nd place World Championship 1998
- 2nd place European Championship 1997
- 3rd place World Championship 1997
Web links
- Margit Pörtner on Worldcurling.org (English)
- Margit Pörtner in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ http: //dødsannoncer.afdoede.dk/dodsfald/margit-elisabeth-portner/50098691
- ^ Margit Pörtner er død: Var med til at vinde OL-sølv. In: kendte.dk. May 3, 2018, accessed July 29, 2018 (Danish).
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SURNAME | Portner, Margit |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Portner, Margit Elisabeth |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish curler |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hørsholm , Denmark |
DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 2017 |