Eigil Ramsfjell (born March 17, 1955) is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 curler

Curling

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

, world champion and Olympic medalist. Many consider him as one of pioneers in modern curling. He received a bronze medal as skip at the 1998 Winter Olympics

1998 Winter Olympics

The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...

 in Nagano. He was skip on the winning team in the demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Curling at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Winter Olympics. The venue was the Max Bell Arena in Calgary.-Medal table:-Men:-Teams:*throws third stones-Standings:...

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Ramsfjell is three times world champion, and has also received silver and bronze medals at the world championships.