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
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) is a Danish curler. She was the skip of the 2014 Danish Olympic Curling Team.
Career
Nielsen played in her first international events in 2004, as an alternate for the
Madeleine Dupont
Madeleine Kanstrup Dupont (born 26 May 1987 in Glostrup, Denmark) is a Danish curler from Copenhagen. She won the Frances Brodie Award in 2004. She currently skips her own team with teammates Mathilde Halse, Denise Dupont (Madele ...
rink. Even though she was an alternate, she played many games. At the
2004 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2004 World Junior Curling Championships were held in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada from 20 March 2004 to 28 March 2004. The venue was the Colisée de Trois-Rivières
The Colisée de Trois-Rivières is an arena in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Ca ...
, the team finished 6th and at the
2004 Ford World Women's Curling Championship
The 2004 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2004 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at the Gavlerinken in Gävle, Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Grou ...
they finished in 8th. They finished in 8th place at the
2004 European Curling Championships The 2004 European Curling Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria from December 4 to 11.
Men's
A tournament
Final round robin standings
Draws
=Draw 1=
''December 4th, 14:00''
=Draw 2=
''December 5th, 8:00''
=Draw 3=
''December ...
.
Later that season, Nielsen was promoted to third on the team and they won a silver medal at the
2005 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
The 2005 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Monthey, Switzerland, between 24 and 28 January 2005.
Sports
Results Alpine skiing
Biathlon
Cross-country skiing
Curling
Figure skating
Ice hockey
Short track speed skati ...
. She then played second on the team at the
2005 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2005 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 3 to 13 at the Pinerolo Palaghiaccio in Pinerolo, Italy
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, where the rink finished 4th. At the
2005 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2005 World Women's Curling Championship was held from March 19–27, 2005 at the Lagoon Leisure Centre in Paisley, Scotland. The tournament was the first since the 1988 event to be held separately from the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Cha ...
, the rink finished in 10th.
The following season, Nielsen moved to play second for
Dorthe Holm
Dorthe Holm (born 3 July 1972) is a Danish curler from Kastrup.
Career
Holm skipped the Danish women's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The team were the only athletes Denmark sent to the games, as such Holm carried the flag for Denmark in th ...
's rink. They won a bronze medal at the
2005 European Curling Championships
The 2005 European Curling Championships were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany from December 9 to 17.
Men's
A tournament
Final round robin standings
Tie breaker
''December 15th, 20:00''
Playoffs
Semifinals
''December 16th, 16:00''
...
and finished in 8th place at the
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...
. Also that season, Nielsen skipped the Danish team to a bronze medal finish at the
2006 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2006 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 11 to 19 in Jeonju, South Korea
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.
At this point, Nielsen left the main Danish team to form her own rink. At the
2007 European Curling Championships The 2007 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Füssen, Germany December 1-8, 2007. Scotland, skipped by David Murdoch, won the gold medal by beating Norway's Thomas Ulsrud 5-3 in the final. Norway had not lost a single game enteri ...
, she skipped Denmark to a bronze medal. At the
2010 European Curling Championships
The 2010 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Champéry, Switzerland from December 3–11, 2010. The Group C matches took place from September 24–28 at the Greenacres Ice Rink in Howwood, Scotland. The winners of the Group ...
, she skipped Denmark to a 5th-place finish.
In 2011, Nielsen won her first World Curling Tour event at the
International Bernese Ladies Cup
The International Bernese Ladies Cup (Swiss German: ''Internationaler Berner Damen Cup'') is an annual bonspiel which was started in 1968 and became an event on the women's World Curling Tour in 2007. It is held every January at the Curlingbahn ...
. She also won the Danish national championships for the first time as a skip, which gave her the right to represent Denmark at the
2011 Capital One World Women's Curling Championship
The 2011 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as Capital One World Women's Curling Championship 2011 for sponsorship reasons) was held in Esbjerg, Denmark at the Granly Hockey Arena from March 19–27, 2011. The Swedish rink skipped by Anett ...
in
Esbjerg
Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport town and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban population of 71,698 (1 January 2022)
. She and her team finished in fourth place after a close loss in the bronze medal game to
Wang Bingyu
Wang Bingyu (; ; born October 7, 1984 in Harbin, Heilongjiang; usually referred to in the media as Bingyu "Betty" Wang) is a Chinese curler. In 2009, she became the first non Northern American or European skip to win a World Championship.
Cu ...
.
She had another successful Euros when her Danish team finished 4th at the
2011 European Curling Championships
The 2011 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Moscow, Russia from December 2 to 10.the world championships in 2012 in
Lethbridge
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,
Alberta
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, but failed to reach the playoffs, finishing with a 5–6 record.
The following season, Nielsen's Danish rink once again finished 4th at the
2012 European Curling Championships
The 2012 European Curling Championships was held from December 7 to 15 at the Löfbergs Lila Arena and the Karlstad Curling Club in Karlstad, Sweden. The Group A competitions was held at the Löfbergs Lila Arena, while the Group B competitions wa ...
. Her team made the World Championships again, but finished with a worse result, a 4–7 record.
Nielsen's rink played in their first
Grand Slam
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* Grand slam, winning category te ...
event at the
2013 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic
The 2013 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic was held from October 11 to 14 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. The event was the first women's Grand Slam of the 2013–14 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple kn ...
, where they won two games, but were eliminated before the playoffs. She skipped Denmark 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 ...
, where they finished in 4th place for the third time in her career.
Nielsen skipped the Danish women's team at the