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Torger Nergård

Torger Nergård

Norwegian curler (born 1974)

Torger Nergård, also spelled Nergaard (born 12 December 1974) is a Norwegian curler from Oslo.[1][2][3]

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Career

Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team Thomas Ulsrud.[2] At the Junior level, he played third at the 1991 and 1992 World Junior Curling Championships for Thomas Due, and skipped his own team in 1996. Nergård was the alternate for Pål Trulsen's team when Norway won the gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2005 European Curling Championships.

With Team Ulsrud, Nergård played lead in 1997, second in 1998, and third in 2000, 2002–2003 and 2006–2010; the latter years saw the team winning six World Curling Tour events, four European Curling Championship medals (silver in 2007 and 2008; bronze in 2002 and 2009), three World Curling Championship bronze medals (2006, 2008 and 2009), and silver at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.[3][4][5]

Nergård, right, with Thomas Ulsrud at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Nergård competed as skip during the 2010 World Curling Championship in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, when Thomas Ulsrud had to return home for family reasons. Team Nergård won the silver medal having played some memorable matches, including a 9–8 win against Canada's Team Kevin Koe in the final round-robin game, which placed Norway first in the rankings (10–1), and a 9–7 win against Scotland's Team Warwick Smith in the semi-final.[6][7][8] On the strength of Norway's national team during the tournament, Nergård commented that "it wasn't easy coming into the championship without Tom [Ulsrud], but I think we have shown that we can play well. We are a small nation, and there are not many curlers compared to the choice in Canada."[7] At the closing ceremony of the championship, Nergård was honoured by his fellow competitors with the 2010 Colin Campbell Memorial Award, a recognition given to an athlete who "by deed and action in the course of their performance, best exemplified the traditional curling values of skill, honesty, fair play, friendship and sportsmanship."[9]

Following 2010, the team would not medal again at the World Championships, but they did win back-to-back golds at the European Curling Championships in 2010 and 2011 and won silver in 2012.

Personal life

Nergård is married to fellow curler Marianne Rørvik and has two children.[10][11] He is employed as an engineer[12] with Goodtech Projects and Services.[13]

Teams

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References

  1. [1]
    "About Team Ulsrud". Archived 2010-08-23 at the Wayback Machine TeamUlsrud.com. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Torger Nergaard, Curling" (Curling > Athletes). Archived 2010-04-09 at the Wayback Machine Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  3. [3]
    "Torger Nergaard" (Profiles > Events). Archived 2012-03-08 at the Wayback Machine ASHAM World Curling Tour. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
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    "Results/Statistics" (Competitions > European Championships). Archived 2010-05-06 at the Wayback Machine European Curling Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  5. [5]
    "Men's Gold Medal Game" (Curling Schedule > Results). Archived 2010-04-08 at the Wayback Machine Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. 27 February 2010.
  6. [6]
    "Capitol One World Men's Championship – Finals" (News). World Curling Federation. 11 April 2010.
  7. [7]
    Quoted from "Capitol One World Men's Championship – Day 6" (News). Archived 2010-05-14 at the Wayback Machine World Curling Federation. 8 April 2010.
  8. [8]
    "Capitol One World Men's Championship – Day 8" (News). World Curling Federation. 10 April 2010.
  9. [9]
    Quoted from "Torger Nergård wins Collie Campbell Memorial Award 2010". World Curling Federation. 11 April 2010.
  10. [10]
    "Team Ulsrud - Norway - sportsnet.ca". Archived from the original on 2013-01-28.
  11. [11]
    "Curling: Torger Nergård og Marianne Rørvik er curlingforeldre - begge på landslaget". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22.
  12. [12]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2015-04-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. [13]
    2018 Continental Cup Media Guide
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