Bob Woods (curler)

Robert "Bob" Woods (born September 2, 1933 in Canada) is a Canadian-Swedish curler.[3]

Bob Woods
Curler
 ♂
Born (1933-09-02) September 2, 1933
Canada
Team
Curling clubFjällgårdens CK, Stockholm
Royals,[1] Toronto
Humber Highland, Toronto[2]
Curling career
Member Association Sweden
 Ontario
World Championship
appearances		1 (1967)
Medal record
Curling
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1967 Perth
Swedish Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1967

He is a 1967 World Men's silver medallist and a 1967 Swedish men's curling champion.

He introduced the long slide in Swedish curling in the 1960s.[4]

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1966–67 Bob WoodsTotte ÅkerlundBengt af KleenOve SöderströmSMCC 1967 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1967 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[5]
1969–70 Bob Woods ? ? ?Ont. 1970
1971–72 Bob WoodsNeil HarrisonPeter KrivelJim HedrichOnt. 1972[6] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Mixed
Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1976–77 Bob WoodsCarol ThompsonBill SchultzEileen AppletonCMxCC 1977

References
  1. "Talk of the Rock - Royal Canadian Curling Club".
  2. "Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  3. "Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Herrar - Svenska Curlingförbundet (Swedish male national curlers)" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2019. (look for "Woods, Robert “Bob”")
  4. Swedish: "Kanadensare som införde den långa slajden i svensk curling på 60-talet." transl. "Canadian who introduced the long sled in Swedish curling in the 60s."
  5. "1967 Scotch Cup. Final standings". Soudog's Curling History Site (in Luxembourgish). Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  6. "Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 18 October 2023.


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