Elisabeth Persson

Elisabeth Persson
Curler
Other namesMaria Elisabeth Persson
Born21 January 1964 (1964-01-21) (age 60)
Umeå, Sweden
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Nagano
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1992 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Gold medal – first place 1995 Brandon
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kamloops
Gold medal – first place 1999 Saint John
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Geneva
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Oberstdorf
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1992 Perth
Gold medal – first place 1993 Leukerbad
Gold medal – first place 1997 Füssen
Gold medal – first place 2000 Oberstdorf
Silver medal – second place 1996 Copenhagen
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Grindelwald

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.

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]

  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.