Gert Munch Larsen (born 9 February 1960 in

Hvidovre Hvidovre is the main town in Hvidovre Municipality, Denmark. The town, a suburb of Copenhagen, is about 10 km southwest of the capital's center. It is the 2nd biggest suburb of Copenhagen, only beaten by Frederiksberg. History Hvidovre has ...

) is a

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curler and curling

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. At the international level, he is a . At the national level, he is a ten-time Danish men's champion curler (1979, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001) and a two-time Danish mixed champion curler (2001, 2002). He participated at the demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics, where Danish men's team finished sixth. As a coach of Danish women's curling team he participated at the 2014 Winter Olympics, where Danish women's team finished sixth.

Awards

Collie Campbell Memorial Award The Collie Campbell Memorial Award was created in honour of Canadian Collie Campbell, who served as president of the International Curling Federation The World Curling Federation (WCF) is the world governing body for curling accreditation, wit ...

: 1994.

Teams

Men's

Mixed

Record as a coach of national teams

Private life

He is married to fellow Danish curler

Malene Krause Malene Krause (born 18 June 1963 in Frederiksberg) is a Danish curler and curling coach. She is a four time Olympian, competing in the curling exhibition events in 1988 and 1992 and then the full curling events in 2002 and 2006. Her best resu ...

. They are the parents of former world junior champion

Mikkel Krause Mikkel Munch Krause (born 2 October, 1988) is a Danish curler from Hvidovre. He is a former World Junior champion. Curling career Junior As a junior curler, Krause represented Denmark at seven World Junior Curling Championships. His first was ...

, skip of Denmark's team at the

2022 Winter Olympic Games The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

. Larsen was coach of his son's

2009 World Junior Curling Championships The 2009 World Junior Curling Championships were held from 5 March 2009 to 15 March 2009 in the newly completed Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre, which was the site for curling during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , ...

winner.

References

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* Living people 1960 births People from Hvidovre Municipality Danish male curlers Danish curling champions Curlers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers of Denmark Danish curling coaches Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark 20th-century Danish people {{Denmark-curling-bio-stub