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Barbro Arfwidsson

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Barbro Arfwidsson
 
Born (1932-09-20) 20 September 1932 (age 92)
Team
Curling clubNorrköpings CK, Norrköping
Curling career
Member Association Sweden
World Championship
appearances
3 (1985, 1986)
European Championship
appearances
2 (1978, 1985)
Medal record
Curling
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Kelowna
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1978 Aviemore
Swedish Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1978
Gold medal – first place 1985

Barbro Arfwidsson (born 20 September 1932) is a Swedish female curler.[1]

She is a 1986 World championship bronze medallist and a 1978 European champion.

In 1978 she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.

Personal life

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She was married to Swedish curler Rolf Arfwidsson, a 1962 World Men's Championship participant and 1962 Swedish men's champion curler. Her younger sister Inga was her teammate and skip.

Teams

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1977–78 Inga Arfwidsson Barbro Arfwidsson Ingrid Appelquist Gunvor Björhäll SWCC 1978 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1978–79 Inga Arfwidsson Barbro Arfwidsson Ingrid Appelquist Gunvor Björhäll ECC 1978 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1984–85 Maud Nordlander (fourth) Inga Arfwidsson (skip) Ulrika Åkerberg Barbro Arfwidsson SWCC 1985 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1985 (4th)
1985–86 Maud Nordlander (fourth) Inga Arfwidsson (skip) Ulrika Åkerberg Barbro Arfwidsson ECC 1985 (5th)
WCC 1986 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Damer - Svenska Curlingförbundet Archived 2019-09-09 at the Wayback Machine(in Swedish) (Swedish female national curlers; look at "Arfwidsson, Barbro")
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  • Barbro Arfwidsson at World CurlingEdit on Wikidata
  • Svensk Curling nr 1 2013 by Svenska Curlingförbundet - issuu(in Norwegian) (page 12–13, "Inga Arfwidsson")
  • Laura Mendelin (December 3, 2011). ""Idrotten har gett mig så mycket genom åren" - Sport - Norrköpings Tidningar" (in Swedish).
  • Håkan Sundström (December 11, 2012). "Med curling i blodet" (in Swedish). Mitt Nu i tredje åldern. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2019.