Tormod Andreassen (born 29 March 1951) is a

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curler and curling

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. Andreassen has skipped Norway at 3

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(1986, 1993 and 1994), finishing sixth place each time. He skipped Norway the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

when curling was a demonstration sport. Norway won the silver medal, losing to Switzerland (skipped by Urs Dick) in the final. Andreassen has also played in four

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(, , , ), winning the bronze in 1986 and 1998. In , , and , Andreassens skipped the national seniors team at the

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. Andreassen represented Norway at the inaugural 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, partnered with his daughter Linn Githmark.

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* Living people Norwegian male curlers 1951 births Curlers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Norwegian curling coaches 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-curling-bio-stub