Eigil Ramsfjell
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. He was skip on the gold winning team when curling was a demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
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| Born | 17 March 1955 Oslo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Snarøen CC, Oslo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
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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.
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