Lars Vågberg (born 30 June 1967 in Sollefteå, Sweden) is a Norwegian curler from Bærum.
| Lars Vågberg | |
|---|---|
| ♂ | |
| Born | 30 June 1967 (age 57) Sollefteå, Sweden |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Stabekk Curlingklubb, Oslo |
| Skip | Pål Trulsen |
| Third | Lars Vågberg |
| Second | Flemming Davanger |
| Lead | Bent Ånund Ramsfjell |
| Alternate | Torger Nergård |
Curling career  | |
| World Championship appearances | 9 (1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) |
| European Championship appearances | 6 (1990, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005) |
| Olympic appearances | 2 (2002, 2006) |
| Other appearances | World Senior Curling Championships: 1 (2024) |
Medal record | |
Vågberg began his international curling career in Sweden. In his first international tournament, he was the second Mikael Hasselborg's 1990 European Curling Championships winning team. With Hasselborg, he would finish 7th at the World Curling Championships in 1992 and won a bronze medal at the 1994 European Championships.
By 1997 Vågberg had moved to Norway. The 1997 World Championships would be the first for Vågberg as a Norwegian, and he played third for Pål Trulsen. While they finished 7th that year, the team would later go on to win two bronze medals (2001, 2003) and a silver (2002) at the Worlds. Most notably however was their victory at the 2002 Winter Olympics when they defeated Canadas' Kevin Martin in the final. The team added to their success with their first gold medal at the European Championships in 2005.
In 2010 (and before), Lars works at Belset Skole in Bærum, as a physical education teacher and advisor.
In 1995 he was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.
External links
edit- Lars Vågberg at World Curling
- Lars Vågberg at Olympics.com
- Lars Vågberg at Olympedia
- http://sports123.com/cur/mw.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100820043301/http://www.curling.se/CurlHome/Statistik/SM/SmLagHerrar.asp
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