Pål Trulsen
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Born | 19 April 1962 (age 62) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World Championship appearances | 9 (1993, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Championship appearances | 6 (1981, 1982, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic appearances | 3 (1992, 2002, 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
Career
Trulsen participated in both the
Trulsen finished in fourth place once again at the
Prior to the 2006 Winter Olympics, it was reported that Trulsen was considering retiring from curling, largely to his growing knee pain.[2] He finally did retire in January 2007. While remembered for his easy going and fun personality, he was also remembered as being an extremely fierce and hungry competitor in the heat of battle.
Trulsen coached the Norwegian Olympic curling team at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.[3] They made it to the final, this time Kevin Martin's Canadian team beating them for the gold.
Trulsen has been the Coach of the European Continental Cup Team the past 2 years (2016 and 2017).
In 2024, he was inducted into the World Curling Hall of Fame.[4]
Awards
- Colin Campbell Award: 2002
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pål Trulsen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ [1] Archived 6 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Norway seeks repeat upset of Canada
- ^ "World Curling inducts 2024 Hall of Fame recipients". World Curling. 31 March 2024.
External links
- Pål Trulsen at World Curling
- Pål Trulsen at Olympics.com
- Pål Trulsen at Olympedia