Eigil Ramsfjell

Eigil Ramsfjell (born 17 March 1955 in Oslo) is a Norwegian curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. Many consider him one of the pioneers in modern curling. He received a bronze medal as skip at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.[1] He was skip on the gold winning team when curling was a demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.[2]

Eigil Ramsfjell
Curler
Born (1955-03-17) 17 March 1955
Oslo
Team
Curling clubSnarøen CC, Oslo
Curling career
Member Association Norway
World Championship
appearances		15 (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996)
European Championship
appearances		11 (1979, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)
Olympic
appearances		2 (1988, 1998)
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Men’s curling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1988 Calgary (demonstration) Team
Bronze medal – third place 1998 NaganoTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1979 Berne Team
Gold medal – first place 1984 PerthTeam
Gold medal – first place 1988 Lausanne Team
Silver medal – second place 1978 WinnipegTeam
Silver medal – second place 1980 MonctonTeam
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Regina Team
Bronze medal – third place 1987 VancouverTeam
Bronze medal – third place 1989 MilwaukeeTeam
Bronze medal – third place 1991 WinnipegTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Leukerbad Team
Silver medal – second place 1980 Copenhagen Team
Silver medal – second place 1987 Oberstdorf Team
Silver medal – second place 1988 Perth Team
Silver medal – second place 1989 Engelberg Team
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Varese Team
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Grindelwald Team
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Lillehammer Team
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Grindelwald Team

Ramsfjell is a three-time world champion, and has also received silver and bronze medals at the world championships. He was inducted into the World Curling Federation Hall of Fame in 2014.

His son, Magnus followed in his footsteps, and is a former World Junior bronze medalist; his daughter Maia is also a curler, Norwegian champion.[3]

References
  1. "1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Curling" Archived 2007-08-25 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on March 15, 2008)
  2. "Eigil Ramsfjell". olympedia.org. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. "Upsets, triumphs and redemption at national championships | News". Curling World Cup. Archived from the original on 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2019-03-31.


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