Margaretha Sigfridsson
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| European Championship appearances | 4 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic appearances | 1 (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Margaretha Sigfridsson (born 28 January 1976) is a Swedish curler[1] who in 2009 was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.[2]
Curling career
Early career
Sigfridsson skipped the Swedish team at the 1997 World Junior Curling Championships, winning the silver medal.[3] Sweden lost in the final game 11–3 to Scotland, skipped by Julia Ewart.
Sigfridsson was the Swedish skip at the
2006–2011
Sigfridsson would later join the
2011–present
In 2011, Viktorsson left the rink, and Sigfridsson took over as skip, but would still throw first stones. The team brought in
The team would again represent Sweden at the 2012 European Curling Championships where they won the bronze medal.[3] Despite losing the 2013 Swedish final to Anette Norberg, the Sigfridsson rink was selected to represent Sweden at the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship. The team would again win a silver medal at the Worlds,[3] losing to Scotland's Muirhead in the final. Sigfridsson and Muirhead would meet once again at the end of the season in the 2013 Players' Championship final, where she again lost to Muirhead. It would be the first time Sigfridsson would make the playoffs at a Grand Slam event. The team played in one other Slam that season, the 2012 Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic, winning four games. They won one Tour event, the 2012 Women's Masters Basel.
In November 2013, Sigfridsson led Sweden to another gold medal at the
The Sigfridsson rink started the 2014-15 season by winning the 2014 Stockholm Ladies Cup. She skipped Sweden at the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship, leading her team to a 5-6 round robin record, missing the playoffs. She would again skip team Sweden at the 2016 World Women's Curling Championship, leading her team to a worse 4-7 record. The next season the team replaced Prytz with Cecilia Östlund throwing last stones. They would not be named to represent Sweden internationally that season, having been replaced by the Anna Hasselborg rink.
Personal life
Sigfridsson lives in Sundsvall.[1]
Grand Slam record
| Key | |
|---|---|
| C | Champion |
| F | Lost in Final |
| SF | Lost in Semifinal |
| QF | Lost in Quarterfinals |
| R16 | Lost in the round of 16 |
| Q | Did not advance to playoffs |
| T2 | Played in Tier 2 event |
| DNP | Did not participate in event |
| N/A | Not a Grand Slam event that season |
| Event | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tour Challenge
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N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | DNP | Q | DNP |
Masters
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N/A | N/A | DNP | QF | F | Q | DNP | DNP |
Canadian Open
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N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | DNP | Q | DNP | |
Players'
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Q | DNP | F | SF | Q | DNP | Q |
Former events
| Event | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries
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Q | Q | Q | Q |
References
- ^ a b "Margaretha Sigfridsson". Eurosport. Retrieved 30 Dec 2019.
- ^ "Stora Curlare". Svenska Curlingförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 Dec 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "LANDSLAGSSPELARE GENOM TIDERNA – DAMER". Svenska Curlingförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 Dec 2019.
- ^ a b Pingue, Frank (17 Jan 2014). "PROFILE-Olympics-Curling-Sigfridsson is top of class". Reuters. Retrieved 30 Dec 2019.
External links
- Margaretha Sigfridsson at World Curling
- Margaretha Sigfridsson at Olympics.com
- Margaretha Sigfridsson at Olympedia
- Margaretha Sigfridsson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
