Eigil Ramsfjell

Eigil Ramsfjell
Curler
Born (1955-03-17) 17 March 1955
Oslo
Team
Curling clubSnarøen CC, Oslo
Curling career
Member Association Norway
World Championship
appearances		15 (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996)
European Championship
appearances		11 (1979, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)
Olympic
appearances		2 (1988, 1998)
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Men's curling
Olympic Games
1988 Calgary (demonstration) Team
1998 Nagano Team
World Championships
1979 Berne Team
1984 Perth Team
1988 Lausanne Team
1978 Winnipeg Team
1980 Moncton Team
1983 Regina Team
1987 Vancouver Team
1989 Milwaukee Team
1991 Winnipeg Team
European Championships
1993 Leukerbad Team
1980 Copenhagen Team
1987 Oberstdorf Team
1988 Perth Team
1989 Engelberg Team
1979 Varese Team
1985 Grindelwald Team
1990 Lillehammer Team
1995 Grindelwald Team

Eigil Ramsfjell (born 17 March 1955 in Oslo) is a Norwegian curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. Many consider him one of the pioneers in modern curling. He received a bronze medal as skip at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.[1] He was skip on the gold winning team when curling was a demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.[2]

Ramsfjell is a three-time world champion, and has also received silver and bronze medals at the world championships. He was inducted into the World Curling Federation Hall of Fame in 2014.

His son, Magnus followed in his footsteps, and is a former World Junior bronze medalist; his daughter Maia is also a curler, Norwegian champion.[3]

References

  1. ^ "1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Curling" Archived 25 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 15 March 2008)
  2. ^ "Eigil Ramsfjell". olympedia.org. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Upsets, triumphs and redemption at national championships | News". Curling World Cup. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.


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