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Bob Woods
Curler
 ♂
Born (1933-09-02) September 2, 1933 (age 90)
Canada
Team
Curling clubFjällgårdens CK, Stockholm
Royals,[1] Toronto
Humber Highland, Toronto[2]
Curling career
Member Association Sweden
 Ontario
World Championship
appearances		1 (1967)
Medal record
Curling
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1967 Perth
Swedish Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1967

Robert "Bob" Woods (born September 2, 1933 in Canada) is a Canadian-Swedish curler.[3]

He is a 1967 World Men's silver medallist and a 1967 Swedish men's curling champion.

He introduced the long slide in Swedish curling in the 1960s.[4]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
Coach		 Events
 Sweden
1966–67 Bob Woods Totte Åkerlund Bengt af Kleen Ove Söderström SMCC 1967 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1967 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[5]
 Canada
1969–70 Bob Woods ? ? ? Ont. 1970 (???th)
1971–72 Bob Woods Neil Harrison Peter Krivel Jim Hedrich Ont. 1972[6] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mixed curling
1976–77 Bob Woods Carol Thompson Bill Schultz Eileen Appleton CMxCC 1977 (???th)

References

  1. ^ https://mafiadoc.com/talk-of-the-rock-royal-canadian-curling-club_59fe78341723dde26097bfca.html
  2. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0tYyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GO0FAAAAIBAJ&dq=eldon%20coombe&pg=674%2C791822
  3. ^ "Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Herrar - Svenska Curlingförbundet (Swedish male national curlers)" (in Swedish). Retrieved December 12, 2019. (look for "Woods, Robert “Bob”")
  4. ^ Swedish: "Kanadensare som införde den långa slajden i svensk curling på 60-talet." transl. "Canadian who introduced the long sled in Swedish curling in the 60s."
  5. ^ http://soudogcurling.tripod.com/WCC/1967sc.txt
  6. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wDE0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=VPUIAAAAIBAJ&dq=eldon%20coombe&pg=1190%2C1698617

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