Elisabeth Persson

Maria Elisabeth Persson (born 21 January 1964) is a Swedish curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.^[1][2] She is a four-time world champion with the Swedish team, winning with skip Elisabet Gustafson in 1992, 1995, 1998, and 1999.

Elisabeth Persson
Curler
Other names	Maria Elisabeth Persson
Born	21 January 1964 (1964-01-21) (age 60) Umeå, Sweden
Medal record Women's curling Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1998 Nagano World Championships 1992 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1995 Brandon 1998 Kamloops 1999 Saint John 1993 Geneva 1994 Oberstdorf European Championships 1992 Perth 1993 Leukerbad 1997 Füssen 2000 Oberstdorf 1996 Copenhagen 1995 Grindelwald

In 1993 she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame and in 2020 she and the rest of Team Gustafson were inducted into the World Curling Hall of Fame.^[3]

At the time of the 1999 World Championships, she was living in Umeå.^[4]

References

1. "1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Curling" Archived 2007-08-25 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 19, 2008)
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elisabeth Persson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Full name: Maria Elisabeth Persson
3. "Canadian and Swedes to be inducted into World Curling Hall of Fame". World Curling Federation. 2020-02-25. Archived from the original on 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
4. "Sweden's Gustafson wins record fourth world title". Calgary Herald. April 11, 1999. p. 6. Retrieved March 14, 2024.

External links

• Elisabeth Persson at World Curling
• Elisabeth Persson at Olympics.com
• Elisabeth Persson at Olympedia
• Elisabeth Persson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)