Elisabeth Högström

Elisabeth Högström
Personal information
NationalitySwedish
Born (1951-03-17) 17 March 1951
Sport
SportCurling
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Women's Curling
Olympics
Silver medal – second place1988 Calgary (demonstration)
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1981 PerthTeam
Silver medal – second place1980 PerthTeam
Silver medal – second place1982 GenevaTeam
European Curling Championships
Gold medal – first place1976 West BerlinTeam
Gold medal – first place1980 CopenhagenTeam
Gold medal – first place1982 KirkcaldyTeam
Gold medal – first place1983 VästeråsTeam
Gold medal – first place1988 PerthTeam
Silver medal – second place1981 GrindelwaldTeam

Elisabeth Högström (born 17 March 1951 as Elisabeth Carlsson) is a Swedish curler, world champion and five times European champion.[1][2]

In 1973 she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame. In 2016 she was inducted into the World Curling Federation Hall of Fame.

International championships

Högström became world champion in 1981 as skip for the Swedish team.[3] She received a silver medal in 1980 and 1982.

She participated on the Swedish team that won the European championship in 1976. She received gold medals in the 1980, 1982, 1983 and 1988 European Curling Championships as skip for the team.

Personal life

Her father Sven Carlsson was a curler too, 1968 Swedish men's champion, he played for Sweden at the 1968 World Men's curling championship.

References

  1. ↑ Elisabeth Högström at World Curling
  2. ↑ Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Damer - Svenska Curlingförbundet Archived 9 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine(in Swedish) (Swedish female national curlers; look at "Högström, Elisabeth")
  3. ↑ "Curling – Women: World Championships" (Retrieved on March 24, 2008)


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