| Other names | Maria Elisabeth Persson |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 21 January 1964 (age 62) |
| Birth place | Umeå, Sweden |
Maria Elisabeth Persson (born 21 January 1964) is a Swedish curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.[1][2] She is a four-time world champion with the Swedish team, winning with skip Elisabet Gustafson in 1992, 1995, 1998, and 1999.
In 1993 she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame and in 2020 she and the rest of Team Gustafson were inducted into the World Curling Hall of Fame.[3]
At the time of the 1999 World Championships, she was living in Umeå.[4]
References
- ^ "1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Curling" Archived 2007-08-25 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 19, 2008)
- ^ "Elisabeth Persson"
Full name: Maria Elisabeth Persson
- ^ "Canadian and Swedes to be inducted into World Curling Hall of Fame". World Curling Federation. 2020-02-25. Archived 2020-02-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ "Sweden's Gustafson wins record fourth world title". Calgary Herald. April 11, 1999. p. 6. Retrieved March 14, 2024.