Stina Viktorsson
Encyclopedia
Stina Viktorsson (born, June 27, 1985) is a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 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...

 from Umeå
Umeå
- Transport :The road infrastructure in Umeå is well-developed, with two European highways passing through the city. About 4 km from the city centre is the Umeå City Airport...

. She is a skip
Skip (curling)
The skip, in conjunction with the team, determines strategy. Based on the strategy, the skip holds the broom indicating where the player throwing must aim . When it is the skip's turn to throw, the vice-skip holds the broom...

.

Viktorsson had an accomplished Junior career in Sweden winning a bronze medal at the 2004 World Junior Curling Championships
World Junior Curling Championships
The World Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competition for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1975 and the women's 1988...

 and a silver at the 2005 Juniors (losing to Switzerland's Tania Grivel). Also in 2005, Viktorsson won a silver medal at the European Mixed Curling Championship
European Mixed Curling Championship
The European Mixed Curling Championships is a mixed curling tournament held annually in the autumn for European nations. The first tournament was held in 2005.-Results:...

 while playing third for Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin is a Swedish curler. He is one of the top skips in Sweden.In 2004 Edin skipped his Swedish team to a World Junior Curling Championship title. In the final Sweden defeated Stefan Rindlisbacher of Switzerland. The following year he was an alternate for the silver medal winning Swedish...

. Viktorsson's return to the 2006 Juniors was a disappointing one, where she finished in 8th place.

In 2008, Viktorsson qualified for the 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship
2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship
-Draw 2:March 22, 18:00-Draw 3:March 23, 10:30-Draw 4:March 23, 16:00-Draw 5:March 23, 20:00-Draw 6:March 24, 8:30-Draw 7:March 24, 1:00 PM-Draw 8:March 24, 18:30-Draw 9:March 25, 8:30...

. At the Vernon World Championships she led her team to a sixth place finish with a 6 - 5 record. She had the third best performance as a skip shooting 77%.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK