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Torger Nergård

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

Torger Nergård
Curler
Nergård in 2010
Born (1974-12-12) 12 December 1974 (age 49)
Trondheim, Norway
Team
Curling clubSnarøen CC,
Oslo, NOR
SkipSteffen Walstad
ThirdTorger Nergård
SecondMarkus Høiberg
LeadMagnus Vågberg
AlternateMagnus Nedregotten
Mixed doubles
partner		Marianne Rørvik
Curling career
Member Association Norway
World Championship
appearances		13 (1998, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021)
European Championship
appearances		19 (1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021)
Olympic
appearances		6 (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)
Medal record
Men's Curling
Representing  Norway
Winter Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2002 Salt Lake City
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Beijing
Silver medal – second place 2015 Halifax
Silver medal – second place 2010 Cortina d'Ampezzo
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Moncton
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Grand Forks
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Lowell
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Moscow
Gold medal – first place 2010 Champéry
Gold medal – first place 2005 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Silver medal – second place 2016 Renfrewshire
Silver medal – second place 2014 Champéry
Silver medal – second place 2013 Stavanger
Silver medal – second place 2012 Karlstad
Silver medal – second place 2008 Örnsköldsvik
Silver medal – second place 2007 Füssen
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Esbjerg
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Aberdeen
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Grindelwald

Career

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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

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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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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events
1990–91 Thomas Due Torger Nergård Mads Rygg Johan Høstmælingen Krister Aanesen 1991 WJCC
1991–92 Thomas Due Torger Nergård Mads Rygg Johan Høstmælingen Thomas Ulsrud 1992 WJCC
1995–96 Torger Nergård Robert Kokkinn Magnus Utgård Jan Øivind Hewitt Kenneth Andersen 1996 WJCC
1997–98 Thomas Ulsrud Johan Høstmælingen Thomas Due Torger Nergård Rolf Andreas Lauten 1997 ECC
Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Due Torger Nergård Johan Høstmælingen Rolf Andreas Lauten 1998 WCC
2000–01 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Thomas Due Johan Høstmælingen Flemming Davanger 2000 ECC
2001–02 Pål Trulsen Lars Vågberg Flemming Davanger Bent Ånund Ramsfjell Torger Nergård 2001 ECC, 2002 OG
2002–03 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Thomas Due Johan Høstmælingen Thomas Løvold 2002 ECC
2003–04 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Thomas Due Jan Thoresen Thomas Løvold 2003 ECC
Pål Trulsen Lars Vågberg Flemming Davanger Bent Ånund Ramsfjell Torger Nergård 2004 WCC
2005–06 Pål Trulsen Lars Vågberg Flemming Davanger Bent Ånund Ramsfjell Torger Nergård 2005 ECC, 2006 OG
Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Thomas Due Jan Thoresen Christoffer Svae 2006 WCC
2006–07 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Thomas Due Jan Thoresen Christoffer Svae
Petter Moe
Thomas Løvold		 2006 ECC, 2007 WCC
2007–08 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Thomas Due 2007 ECC, 2008 WCC
2008–09 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Thomas Due
Thomas Løvold		 2008 ECC, 2009 WCC
2009–10 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Thomas Løvold 2009 ECC, 2010 OG
2010–11 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Markus Høiberg 2010 ECC, 2011 WCC
2011–12 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Markus Høiberg 2011 ECC, 2012 WCC
2012–13 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Thomas Løvold
Markus Høiberg		 2012 ECC, 2013 WCC
2013–14 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Markus Høiberg 2013 ECC, 2014 OG, 2014 WCC
2014–15 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Sander Rølvåg (ECC)
Markus Høiberg (WCC)		 2014 ECC, 2015 WCC
2015–16 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Sander Rølvåg (ECC)
Markus Høiberg (WCC)		 2015 ECC, 2016 WCC
2016–17 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Sander Rølvåg 2016 ECC
2017–18 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Sander Rølvåg 2017 ECC
2018–19 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson 2018 CWC/2, 2019 CWC/final
2019–20 Magnus Ramsfjell Torger Nergård Martin Sesaker Bendik Ramsfjell
2020–21 Steffen Walstad Torger Nergård Markus Høiberg Magnus Vågberg Eirik Mjøen 2021 WCC
2021–22 Steffen Walstad Torger Nergård Markus Høiberg Magnus Vågberg Magnus Nedregotten 2021 ECC, 2021 OQE

References

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  1. ^ "About Team Ulsrud". Archived 2010-08-23 at the Wayback Machine TeamUlsrud.com. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Torger Nergaard" (Profiles > Events). Archived 2012-03-08 at the Wayback Machine ASHAM World Curling Tour. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Results/Statistics" (Competitions > European Championships). Archived 2010-05-06 at the Wayback Machine European Curling Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  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. ^ "Capitol One World Men's Championship – Finals" (News). World Curling Federation. 11 April 2010.
  7. ^ a b 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. ^ "Capitol One World Men's Championship – Day 8" (News). World Curling Federation. 10 April 2010.
  9. ^ Quoted from "Torger Nergård wins Collie Campbell Memorial Award 2010". World Curling Federation. 11 April 2010.
  10. ^ "Team Ulsrud - Norway - sportsnet.ca". Archived from the original on 2013-01-28.
  11. ^ "Curling: Torger Nergård og Marianne Rørvik er curlingforeldre - begge på landslaget". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22.
  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. ^ 2018 Continental Cup Media Guide
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