Anette Norberg

Anette Norberg
Curler
Annete Norberg at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Born
Anette Norberg

(1966-11-12) November 12, 1966 (age 58)
Härnösand, Sweden
Curling career
World Championship
appearances		11 (1988, 1989, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011)
European Championship
appearances		15 (1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009)
World Senior Curling Championship
appearances		3 (2018, 2019, 2024)
Olympic
appearances		2 (2006, 2010)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Turin
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver
Silver medal – second place 1988 Calgary (demonstration)
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Paisley
Gold medal – first place 2006 Grande Prairie
Gold medal – first place 2011 Esbjerg
Silver medal – second place 2001 Lausanne
Silver medal – second place 2009 Gangneung
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Glasgow
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Milwaukee
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Winnipeg
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Winnipeg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1988 Perth
Gold medal – first place 2001 Vierumäki
Gold medal – first place 2002 Grindelwald
Gold medal – first place 2003 Courmayeur
Gold medal – first place 2004 Sofia
Gold medal – first place 2005 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Gold medal – first place 2007 Füssen
Silver medal – second place 1984 Morzine
Silver medal – second place 1987 Oberstdorf
Silver medal – second place 2008 Härnösand
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Engelberg
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Chamonix

Anette Norberg (born November 12, 1966) is a Swedish curler from Härnösand.

She and her team were the Olympic women's curling champions in 2006 and 2010.[1] After winning the 2006 Women's Curling tournament in Turin over Mirjam Ott's Swiss team, she led her team to victory for gold over Cheryl Bernard's Canadian team in the 2010 Women's Curling tournament in Vancouver; becoming the first skip in the history of curling to successfully defend an Olympic title.

Her team that retired after the 2010 Olympics (although she herself continued until 2013) is regarded as one of the best women's curling teams in history, and she is often regarded as one of the best female skips in history, particularly after adding yet another world title in 2011 with a new younger team.

Career

Norberg started to curl at the age of ten.[2]

Norberg won seven European Curling Championships (1988, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007) and three World Curling Championships (2005, 2006 and 2011). She also won silver medal at the 2001 Ford World Curling Championship and bronze medals in 1988, 1989, 1991 and 2003 World Championships. Except when she played at third for Elisabeth Högström in the team that won the 1988 European Championship, Norberg has always played the position of skip. After the retirement of her Olympic team, she put together a new team, with Cecilia Östlund, Sara Carlsson, and Liselotta Lennartsson and won her final third world championship gold medal. Norberg announced her decision to retire in April 2013.[3]

In 1989 she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame. In 2021, she and her Olympic team mates were inducted into the WCF Hall of Fame.[4]

Personal life

Apart from curling, Norberg was chief actuary at Nordea, and led a division at Folksam.[5] She is currently a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers.[2]

Norberg holds a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from Uppsala University. She has one daughter, curler Therese Westman, and one son, singer Tobias Westman.[6][7][8] In September 2014, Norberg revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013, shortly after she retired. She has since completed treatment, which included chemotherapy and surgery to remove the tumor.[2]

In 2006, Norberg appeared in the "Hearts on Fire" music video for Swedish power metal band HammerFall.

Norberg appeared as a contestant in Let's Dance 2013.

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead
1982–83 Anette Norberg Carina Nilsson Louise Marmont Anna Rindeskog
1984–85 Anette Norberg Anna Rindeskog Sofie Marmont Louise Marmont
1985–86 Anette Norberg Sofie Marmont Anna Rindeskog Louise Marmont
1986–87 Anette Norberg Carina Westman Anna Rindeskog Louise Marmont
1987–88 Anette Norberg Anna Rindeskog
(began season as second)		 Sofie Marmont
(began season as third)		 Louise Marmont
1988 ECC Elisabeth Högström Anette Norberg Monika Jansson Marie Henriksson
1989 WCC Anette Norberg Anna Rindeskog Sofie Marmont Louise Marmont
1989–90 Anette Norberg Anna Rindeskog Sofie Marmont Louise Marmont
1990–91 Anette Norberg Cathrine Norberg Anna Rindeskog Helene Granqvist
1991–92 Anette Norberg Anna Rindeskog Cathrine Norberg Helene Granqvist
1994–95 Anette Norberg Cathrine Norberg Helena Klange Helene Granqvist
1998–99 Anette Norberg Cathrine Norberg Helena Svensson Anna Blom
2000–01 Anette Norberg Cathrine Norberg Eva Lund Helena Lingham
2001–02 Anette Norberg Cathrine Norberg Eva Lund Maria Hasselborg
2002–03 Anette Norberg Eva Lund
(began season as second)		 Cathrine Norberg
(began season as third)		 Helena Lingham
2003–04 Anette Norberg Eva Lund Cathrine Norberg Anna Bergström
2004–05 Anette Norberg Eva Lund Cathrine Lindahl Anna Bergström
2005–06 Anette Norberg Eva Lund Cathrine Lindahl Anna Svärd
2006–07 Anette Norberg Eva Lund Cathrine Lindahl Anna Svärd
2007–08 Anette Norberg Eva Lund Cathrine Lindahl Anna Svärd
2008–09 Anette Norberg Eva Lund Cathrine Lindahl Anna Svärd
Margaretha Sigfridsson
2009–10 Anette Norberg Eva Lund Cathrine Lindahl Anna Le Moine
2010–11 Anette Norberg Cecilia Östlund Sara Carlsson Liselotta Lennartsson
2011–12 Anette Norberg Cecilia Östlund Sara Carlsson Liselotta Lennartsson
2012–13 Anette Norberg Cecilia Östlund Sabina Kraupp Sara Carlsson
2015–16[9] Anette Norberg Therese Westman Cathrine Lindahl Åsa Linderholm
2016–17[10] Anette Norberg Therese Westman Maria Larsson Tilde Vermelin
2017–18[11] Anette Norberg Therese Westman Johanna Heldin Tilde Vermelin
2018–19[12] Anette Norberg Therese Westman Johanna Heldin Tilde Vermelin

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anette Norberg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Anette Norberg, 47, om cancerbeskedet". Expressen. September 26, 2014. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
  3. ^ "Sweden's top curling star – Anette Norberg – retires". World Curling Federation. April 3, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  4. ^ "World Curling inducts 2021 Hall of Fame recipients". World Curling Federation. June 1, 2021.
  5. ^ "Anette Norberg" (in Swedish). sv:Talarforum. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
  6. ^ Sheila Vieira (June 23, 2021). "An Olympian explains: How to master curling with Anette Norberg". olympics.com. She is also helping her daughter, Therese Westman, follow her footsteps in the sport.
  7. ^ "Sista stenen guld värd" (in Swedish). SVT. February 24, 2006. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
  8. ^ Programmet visas även i. "Anette Norberg – Rumba – TV4 Play". Tv4play.se. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  9. ^ Tävlingsutskottet (July 3, 2017). "Elitserien Damer 2015–2016". Svenska Curlingförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  10. ^ Tävlingsutskottet (July 3, 2017). "Elitserien Damer 2016–2017". Svenska Curlingförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  11. ^ Tävlingsutskottet (January 27, 2018). "Elitserie Damer 2017–2018". Svenska Curlingförbundet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on June 8, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  12. ^ "Teams & Groups". Stockholm Ladies Curling Cup. 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2020.