Henrik Holmberg

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Henrik Holmberg
 
Born (1963-07-05) 5 July 1963 (age 59)
Team
Curling clubKarlstads CK, Karlstad,
Sundsvalls CK, Sundsvall
Career
Member AssociationFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
World Championship
appearances
1 (1988)
European Championship
appearances
1 (1992)
Other appearances World Junior Championships: 2 (1982, 1983)

Carl Henrik Lennart Holmberg [1] (born 5 July 1963) is a Swedish curler. [2]

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He is a 1992 European Championships silver medallist, a two-time Swedish men's champion (1982, 1992) and a 1986 Swedisn mixed champion.

He was a member of team who won 1982 the Swedish men's championship and qualified for the 1982 Worlds, but Holmberg didn't compete because it was decided [3] that he was too young to participate. [2]

Teams

Men's

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateEvents
1981–82 Sören Grahn Niclas Järund Henrik Holmberg Anders Svennerstedt SJCC 1982 Gold medal icon.svg
WJCC 1982 Gold medal icon.svg
Connie Östlund Tony Eng Henrik HolmbergAnders Svennerstedt SMCC 1982 Gold medal icon.svg
1982–83Sören GrahnNiclas JärundHenrik HolmbergAnders SvennerstedtSJCC 1983 Gold medal icon.svg
WJCC 1983 (7th)
1987–88Sören GrahnHenrik Holmberg Per Axelsson Håkan Funk WCC 1988 (5th)
1991–92 Per Carlsén Henrik Holmberg Tommy Olin Stefan Larsson SMCC 1992 Gold medal icon.svg
1992–93Per CarlsénHenrik HolmbergTommy Olin Olle Håkansson Mikael Norberg ECC 1992 Silver medal icon.svg

Mixed

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadEvents
1986 Per Axelsson Anna Klange Henrik Holmberg Helena Klange SMxCC 1986 Gold medal icon.svg

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References

  1. Carl Henrik Lennart Holmberg (Skoghall, 56 år) - Merinfo.se (in Swedish)
  2. 1 2 "Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Herrar - Svenska Curlingförbundet (Swedish male national curlers)" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved December 25, 2019. (look for "Holmberg, Henrik")
  3. "Decided" - in Swedish Curling Federation?