Markus Snøve Høiberg (born 6 June 1991) is a Norwegian curler from

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. He was born in

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. He competed at the

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as the alternate for the Norwegian men's team. He won a gold medal at the

2014 World Men's Curling Championship The 2014 World Men's Curling Championship was held from March 29 to April 6 at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. Norway's Thomas Ulsrud defeated Sweden's Oskar Eriksson in the final with a score of 8–3, securing his first world titl ...

as a member of the team. Høiberg currently plays

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for the Steffen Walstad rink on the

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Personal life

Høiberg works as a financial risk analyst.

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Markus Hoeiberg
at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived) * 1991 births Living people Norwegian male curlers World curling champions European curling champions Winter World University Games medalists in curling FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Norway Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade Olympic curlers for Norway Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Curlers from Oslo Sportspeople from Oppdal 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-curling-bio-stub