Christoffer Svae (born 21 March 1982) is a

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curler from

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. He is best known as the former

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for Team Thomas Ulsrud. Events).">"Christoffer Svae" (Teams > Events).
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. Retrieved 12 February 2010. At Junior level, Svae played second for Team Thomas Løvold and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003

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"B" tournaments. Svae formally joined Team Ulsrud in 2007 having played alternate since 2005. During the 2005–2010 seasons, Svae and his team won six

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events, three

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medals (silver in 2007 and 2008; bronze in 2009), four

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medals (bronze in 2006, 2008 and 2009; silver in 2010), and silver at the

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."Capitol One World Men's Championship – Day 6" (News).

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. 8 April 2010. It was Svae who selected Loudmouth Golf's colorful argyle pants (Dixie and Red & Gray) as Team Norway's uniform at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics because they came close to matching the Norwegian flag colors – red, white and blue. The pants brought Team Norway unprecedented popularity as shown by the surge in sales at Loudmouth Golf as well as the number of followers at the

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's Norwegian Olympic Curling Team's Pants fan page exceeding over 600,000 by the end of the 2009-10 curling season.

Personal life

Svae is currently employed as a curling instructor and event manager at AS Curlingbaner.2020 Continental Cup Media Guide: Team Europe Coach Bios

Teams

References

External links

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Facebook fan page for The Norwegian Olympic Curling Team's Pants
* Complete coverages of Team Norway's Olympics performances at the officia
Vancouver Olympic Games 2010 Channel
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Grand Slam of CurlingOlympic Curling – Team Norway
17 February 2010. * Christoffer Svae interviewed on

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"The Conversation: pants from the curlers of Norway
26 February 2010. {{DEFAULTSORT:Svae, Christoffer Norwegian male curlers Living people 1982 births Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers of Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in curling Sportspeople from Oslo Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics World curling champions Continental Cup of Curling participants European curling champions Universiade medalists in curling Universiade silver medalists for Norway Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade