Sander Olav Rølvåg (born 4 August 1990 in

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, Norway) is a Norwegian curler from

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Career

Rølvåg represented Norway as a skip at the biennal

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in 2009, winning bronze. In 2011 he was a part of the team that secured a bronze medal at the

2011 World Junior Curling Championships The 2011 World Junior Curling Championships were held from 5 to 13 March at the Dewars Centre in Perth, Scotland. In the men's tournament, Sweden's Oskar Eriksson won the final 6-5 over Switzerland's Peter de Cruz, while Scotland's Eve Muirhead ...

. Rølvåg has represented Norway at the

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as an alternate on two occasions, in the

2014 European Curling Championships The 2014 European Curling Championships were held November 22 to 29 at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, Switzerland. Switzerland last hosted the European Curling Championships in 2010, when it was also held in Champéry. The Group C com ...

and the

2015 European Curling Championships The 2015 European Curling Championships were held from November 20 to 28 in Esbjerg, Denmark. Denmark last hosted the European Curling Championships in 1996 in Copenhagen. The Group C competitions were held during October in Champéry, Switzer ...

. In 2015 he won the gold medal at the

2015 Winter Universiade The 2015 Winter Universiade, the XXVII Winter Universiade, was a multi sport winter event held in Granada, Spain and Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia. On 14 March 2009, FISU announced that the host would be Granada because they were the only bid. On 25 J ...

and won the inaugural 2015 World Mixed Curling Championship.

Honours

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 ...

World Curling Federation World Junior Curling Championships Sportmanship Award

Personal life

Rølvåg is employed as a curling instructor, icemaker and commentator.2017 Ford Worlds Media Guide: Team Norway

References

General *All placings and results are sourced by the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rolvag, Sander 1990 births Norwegian male curlers Living people Universiade medalists in curling Universiade gold medalists for Norway Universiade bronze medalists for Norway Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade Curling ice makers World mixed curling champions People from Alstahaug Sportspeople from Nordland 21st-century Norwegian people