Julie Kjær Molnar (born July 14, 1993) is a

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curler. As a junior curler, Kjær Molnar played in three

World Junior Curling Championships The World Junior Curling Championships are an annual curling bonspiel featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competitions for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1 ...

. She played

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for Norway at both the

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and

2012 World Junior Curling Championships The 2012 World Junior Curling Championships was held from March 3 to 11 at the Z-Hallen in Östersund, Sweden. Östersund previously hosted the World Junior Curling Championships in 1999 and in 2008. In the men's final, Canada's Brendan Bottche ...

and was the alternate for Norway at the

2013 World Junior Curling Championships The 2013 World Junior Curling Championships were held from February 28 to March 10 at the Ice Cube Curling Center in Sochi, Russia. Sochi is also scheduled to host the curling tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Men Teams The teams are liste ...

. At all three events, the teams were skipped by

Kristine Davanger Kristine Davanger (born January 13, 1993) is a Norwegian curler. She is daughter of curler Flemming Davanger. She competed at the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship in Sapporo, Japan. She also took part in the 2012 and 2014 European Curlin ...

. In 2011 and 2012, the team finished 7th and in 2013, the team finished 10th, relegating Norway to the

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for 2014. After juniors, Kjær Molnar joined the

Marianne Rørvik Marianne Rørvik (born 2 August 1983) is a Norwegian curler from Oslo. She is the skip of the Norwegian national women's team. Rørvik has played in nine straight (1997–2005) World Junior Curling Championships, winning gold in 2004 playing t ...

rink. They represented Norway at the

2013 European Curling Championships The 2013 European Curling Championships were held from November 22 to 30 at the Sørmarka Arena in Stavanger, Norway. Norway last hosted the European Curling Championships in 1990. The Group C competitions were held in October at the Tårnby Curl ...

, placing 9th. They also played in the 2014 Winter Olympic Qualification event, placing third, just missing qualifying for the Olympics. Kjær Molnar was a member of the

2014 European Mixed Curling Championship The 2014 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from September 13 to 20 at the Tårnby Curling Club in Tårnby, Denmark. Sweden, skipped by Patric Mabergs, won their first European Mixed title after defeating Norway, skipped by Steffen Walst ...

Norway team that won a silver medal. Kjær Molnar played lead on the team which was skipped by

Steffen Walstad Steffen Walstad (born February 10, 1989 in Oppdal) is a Norwegian curler from Oppdal. He currently skips his own team. Career Juniors Walstad played in three World Junior Curling Championships, from 2008 to 2010 inclusive. At the 2008 World J ...

. Kjær Molnar joined the Skaslien rink in 2014. They played in the

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, finishing 11th, but managing to qualify Norway for the

2015 World Women's Curling Championship The 2015 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the Zen-Noh World Women's Curling Championship 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 14 to 22 at the Tsukisamu Gymnasium in Sapporo, Japan. It marks the second time that a world ...

. As a student at the

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, Kjær Molnar played

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for the Norwegian team (skipped by Pia Trulsen) at the

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. The team placed sixth.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kjaer Molnar, Julie Norwegian female curlers Living people 1993 births World mixed curling champions