Torger Nergård, also spelled Nergaard (born 12 December 1974) is a Norwegian curler from

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Career

Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team

Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud (21 October 1971 – 24 May 2022) was a Norwegian curler from Oslo. He won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics, one World Curling Championship, two European Curling Championships, and fourteen Norwegian titles ( Norwegian M ...

. At Junior level, he played third at the

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for

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, and skipped his own team in 1996. Nergård was the alternate for

Pål Trulsen Pål Trulsen (born 19 April 1962 in Drøbak, Norway) is a Norwegian curler from Hosle in Bærum, and was the 2002 Olympic curling men's champion. Career Trulsen participated in both the and World Junior Championships, finishing both tourn ...

's team when Norway won the gold medal at the

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and the

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. With Team Ulsrud, Nergård played lead in 1997, second in 1998, and third in 2000, 2002–2003 and 2006–2010; the latter years saw the team winning six

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events, four

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medals (silver in 2007 and 2008; bronze in 2002 and 2009), three

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bronze medals (2006, 2008 and 2009), and silver at the

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Nergård competed as skip during the 2010 World Curling Championship in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, when Thomas Ulsrud had to return home for family reasons. Team Nergård won the silver medal having played some memorable matches, including a 9–8 win against Canada's Team Kevin Koe in the final round-robin game, which placed Norway first in the rankings (10–1), and a 9–7 win against Scotland's Team Warwick Smith in the semi-final.Quoted fro
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. 8 April 2010. On the strength of Norway's national team during the tournament, Nergård commented that "it wasn't easy coming into the championship without Tom lsrud but I think we have shown that we can play well. We are a small nation and there are not many curlers compared to the choice in Canada." At the closing ceremony of the championship, Nergård was honoured by his fellow competitors with the 2010 Colin Campbell Memorial Award, a recognition given to an athlete who "by deed and action in the course of their performance, best exemplified the traditional curling values of skill, honesty, fair play, friendship and sportsmanship." Following 2010, the team would not medal again at the World Championships, but they did win back-to-back golds at the European Curling Championships in 2010 and 2011 and won silver in 2012.

Personal life

Nergård is married to fellow curler

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 ...

and has two children. He is employed as an engineer with Goodtech Projects and Services.2018 Continental Cup Media Guide

Teams

References

External links

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