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Birgitta Törn
Curler
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Other namesGittan
Born (1948-06-11) June 11, 1948 (age 76)
Team
Curling clubAmatörföreningens CK, Stockholm,
Stocksunds CK, Stockholm
Curling career
Member Association Sweden
World Championship
appearances		1 (1979)
European Championship
appearances		1 (1979)
Other appearancesWorld Senior Championships: 10 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Medal record
Curling
World championships
Silver medal – second place 1979 Perth
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1979 Varese
Swedish Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1979
World Senior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Copenhagen
Gold medal – first place 2007 Edmonton
Silver medal – second place 2004 Gävle
Silver medal – second place 2011 St. Paul
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Greenacres
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Chelyabinsk
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Tårnby
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Fredericton

Birgitta "Gittan" Törn (born June 11, 1948) is a Swedish female curler.[1]

She is a 1979 World silver medallist and a 1979 European silver medallist.

In 1980 she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
Coach		 Events
1978–79 Birgitta Törn Katarina Hultling Susanne Gynning-Ödling Gunilla Bergman SWCC 1979 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1979 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1979–80 Birgitta Törn Katarina Hultling Susanne Gynning-Ödling Gunilla Bergman ECC 1979 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2003–04 Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Inger Berg Sylvia Malmberg Birgitta Törn
Gunilla Bergman		 WSCC 2004 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2004–05 Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Inger Berg Sylvia Malmberg Birgitta Törn
Gunilla Bergman		 WSCC 2005 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2005–06 Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Inger Berg Sylvia Malmberg Birgitta Törn
Gunilla Bergman		 WSCC 2006 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2006–07 Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Birgitta Törn Inger Berg Sylvia Liljefors
Gunilla Bergman		 WSCC 2007 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2007–08 Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Birgitta Törn Sylvia Liljefors Inger Berg
Gunilla Bergman		 WSCC 2008 (6th)
2009–10 Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Birgitta Törn Sylvia Liljefors Olof Liljefors WSCC 2010 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2010–11 Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Birgitta Törn Sylvia Liljefors Gunilla Bergman WSCC 2011 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2011–12 Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Birgitta Törn Sylvia Liljefors Marie Lehander
Gunilla Bergman		 WSCC 2012 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2012–13 Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Birgitta Törn Sylvia Liljefors Marie Lehander
Jan-Erik Kjerr		 WSCC 2013 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2013–14 Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Birgitta Törn Sylvia Liljefors Marie Lehander
Gunilla Bergman		 WSCC 2014 (4th)
Mixed curling
1972 Ulf Lagerbäck Lena Egnér Birgitta Törn Göran Perning SMxCC 1972 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Damer - Svenska Curlingförbundet(in Swedish) (Swedish female national curlers; look at "Törn, Birgitta")
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