Carina Olsson

Carina Olsson (born 26 August 1955; in marriage also known as Carina Björk) is a Swedish female curler.[1]

This article is about Swedish curler. For Swedish sprint canoer, see Karin Olsson (canoeist).
Carina Olsson
Curler
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Other namesCarina Björk
Born (1955-08-26) 26 August 1955
Team
Curling clubKarlstads CK, Karlstad
Curling career
Member Association Sweden
World Championship
appearances		2 (1980, 1981)
European Championship
appearances		1 (1980)
Other appearancesWorld Senior Championships: 1 (2017)
Medal record
Curling
World championships
Gold medal – first place 1981 Perth
Silver medal – second place 1980 Perth
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1980 Copenhagen
Swedish Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1980
Gold medal – first place 1981

She is a 1981 World champion and a 1980 European champion.

In 2018 she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1975–76 Marie PetterssonCarina OlssonAnnika NermanVivi RichterSJCC 1976 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1979–80 Elisabeth HögströmCarina OlssonBirgitta SewikKarin SjögrenSWCC 1980 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1980 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1980–81 Elisabeth HögströmCarina OlssonBirgitta SewikKarin SjögrenECC 1980 1st place, gold medalist(s)
SWCC 1981 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1981 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2016–17 Marie HenrikssonCarina BjorkBirgitta SewikHelena ErikssonWSCC 2017 (10th)

References
  1. Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Damer - Svenska Curlingförbundet Archived 2019-09-09 at the Wayback Machine(in Swedish) (Swedish female national curlers; look at "Olsson, Carina")
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