Tore Torvbråten
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Tore Torvbråten (born January 28, 1968) is a Norwegian
curler
and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics
in Nagano.
He received a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships in Lausanne
; the Norwegian team lost 3-4 to Sweden in the semi-final, and beat Canada 10-9 in the bronze final.
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...
and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal 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 received a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships in Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
; the Norwegian team lost 3-4 to Sweden in the semi-final, and beat Canada 10-9 in the bronze final.