Malene Krause (born 18 June 1963 in

Frederiksberg Frederiksberg () is a part of the Capital Region of Denmark. It is formally an independent municipality, Frederiksberg Municipality, separate from Copenhagen Municipality, but both are a part of the City of Copenhagen. It occupies an area of ...

) is a

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curler and curling coach. She is a four time Olympian, competing in the curling exhibition events in

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and

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and then the full curling events in

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and

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. Her best result at the Olympics was when her team lost the

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to Canada in 1992 to finish fourth. Furthermore, Krause has competed in 14

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and 14

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, earning medals 3 times and 5 times, respectively. Her team's best finish was winning the gold medal at the 1994 European Curling Championship. She is the mother 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

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* Living people Danish female curlers European curling champions Olympic curlers for Denmark Sportspeople from Frederiksberg 1963 births Curlers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics 20th-century Danish women 21st-century Danish women {{Denmark-curling-bio-stub