Malene Krause

Malene Krause (born 18 June 1963 in Frederiksberg) is a Danish curler and curling coach. She is a four time Olympian, competing in the curling exhibition events in 1988 and 1992 and then the full curling events in 2002 and 2006.[1] Her best result at the Olympics was when her team lost the bronze medal match to Canada in 1992 to finish fourth. Furthermore, Krause has competed in 14 world championships and 14 European championships, earning medals 3 times and 5 times, respectively.[1] Her team's best finish was winning the gold medal at the 1994 European Curling Championship.

Malene Krause
Born (1963-06-18) 18 June 1963
Curling career
World Championship
appearances
14 (1980,1981,1985-1988,1990-1992,1999-2003)
European Championship
appearances
14 (1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005)
Olympic
appearances
4 (1988,1992,2002,2006)
Medal record
Women’s Curling
Representing  Denmark
World championships
Bronze medal – third place1990 Vesteros
Bronze medal – third place1999 St.John
Bronze medal – third place2001 Lausanne
European championships
Gold medal – first place1994 Sundsvall
Silver medal – second place2001 Vierumäki
Silver medal – second place2002 Grindelwald
Bronze medal – third place1981 Grindelwald
Bronze medal – third place2003 Courmayeur
Bronze medal – third place2005 Garmisch-Partenkirchen


She is the mother of former world junior champion Mikkel Krause, skip of Denmark's team at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.[2]

References

  1. "Malene Krause". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  2. "Mikkel Krause". Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 February 2022.



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