Maria Elisabeth Persson (born 21 January 1964) is a Swedish curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.[1][2] She is a four-time world champion with the Swedish team, winning with skip Elisabet Gustafson in 1992, 1995, 1998, and 1999.
| Elisabeth Persson | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Maria Elisabeth Persson |
| Born | 21 January 1964 (age 60) Umeå, Sweden |
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In 1993 she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame and in 2020 she and the rest of Team Gustafson were inducted into the World Curling Hall of Fame.[3]
At the time of the 1999 World Championships, she was living in Umeå.[4]
References
edit- ^ "1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Curling" Archived 2007-08-25 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 19, 2008)
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elisabeth Persson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
Full name: Maria Elisabeth Persson
- ^ "Canadian and Swedes to be inducted into World Curling Hall of Fame". World Curling Federation. 2020-02-25. Archived from the original on 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ "Sweden's Gustafson wins record fourth world title". Calgary Herald. April 11, 1999. p. 6. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
External links
edit- Elisabeth Persson at World Curling
- Elisabeth Persson at Olympics.com
- Elisabeth Persson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
- Elisabeth Persson at Olympedia
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