Malene Krause

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Malene Krause
Born (1963-06-18) 18 June 1963 (age 61)
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
World Championship
appearances
14 (1980,1981,1985-1988,1990-1992,1999-2003)
European Championship
appearances
14 (1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005)
Olympic
appearances
4 (1988,1992,2002,2006)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
World championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 Vesteros
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 St.John
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Lausanne
European championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Sundsvall
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Vierumäki
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Grindelwald
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1981 Grindelwald
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Courmayeur
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Malene Krause (born 18 June 1963 in Frederiksberg) is a Danish curler and curling coach. She is a four-time Olympian, having competed in the curling exhibition events in 1988 and 1992, and then the full curling events in 2002 and 2006. [1] Her best Olympic result was a fourth-place finish in 1992, when her team lost the bronze medal match to Canada. Krause also competed in 14 World Championships and 14 European Championships, earning medals three times and five times, respectively. [1] Her team's best finish was winning the gold medal at the 1994 European Curling Championships.

She is the mother of former World Junior Champion Mikkel Krause, skip of Denmark's team at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Malene Krause". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  2. "Mikkel Krause". Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games . International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.