Cathrine Lindahl (born 26 February 1970 in

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as Cathrine Norberg) is a

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curler from

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Curling career

Lindahl played second for her sister

Anette Norberg Anette Norberg (born 12 November 1966) is a retired Swedish curler from Härnösand. She and her team were the Olympic women's curling champions in 2006 and 2010. After winning the 2006 Women's Curling tournament in Turin over Mirjam Ott's Swis ...

's team, until they split up in 2010. They won gold medals at the

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and

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. Lindahl skipped a team to both the

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and

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, winning the silver medal in the latter, losing to Kirsty Addison of

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. The following year, she was an alternate for the gold medal Swedish team skipped by Eva Eriksson. In 1991, she played third for her sister at the

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where they won bronze. At that year's

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she played second for the team, and won bronze. In 1992, the team went to the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

, where the team finished fifth in the demonstration event. In 1997, Lindahl skipped her own team at the World Championships, but the team finished in 5th place. By 2001, she was back to playing third for her sister, and they won a silver medal at the World Championships. After that, the team would go on to win the next six World Championships. Lindahl moved to the second position at the beginning of 2003. In addition to six European Championships, the team won a bronze at the Worlds in 2003, a gold in 2005 and an Olympic Championship in 2006. In 1997 she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.

Teammates

2006 Torino Olympic Games

, ''Skip''

Eva Lund Eva Lund (born 1 May 1971) is a Swedish curler. , . Born in Stockholm, Sweden, as Eva Eriksson, she lives in Upplands Väsby, Stockholm, with her husband and Swedish national curling coach Stefan Lund and her son Adam and daughter Anna . Eva L ...

, ''Third'' Anna Svärd, ''Lead''

Ulrika Bergman Ulrika Bergman (born 11 June 1975 in Östersund) is a Swedish curler from Solna. She is currently the alternate for the World and Olympic Champion Anette Norberg team. She was the fourth player (threw last rocks) for Margaretha Lindahl in four ...

, ''Alternate'' 2009 Gangneung World Championships 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games

, ''Skip''

, ''Third''

Anna Le Moine Anna Maria Le Moine (born 30 October 1973 as Anna Bergström; also formerly known as Anna Svärd), is a Swedish curler. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, she was the lead for the Swedish team who won the gold-medal after a thrilling f ...

, ''Lead''

Kajsa Bergström Kajsa Magdalena Bergström (born 3 January 1981) is a Swedish curler. The younger sister of curler Anna Le Moine, she has skipped for the club Sveg CK for the past two years. Bergström played on the Swedish team in the 2009 Mount Titlis Worl ...

, ''Alternate''

References

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