Sylvia Liljefors | |
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Other names | Sylvia Malmberg, Sylvia Malmberg-Liljefors |
Born | 9 November 1944 |
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Curling club | Stocksunds CK, Stockholm |
Curling career | |
Member Association | Sweden |
World Championship appearances | 1 (1984) |
Other appearances | World Senior Championships: 11 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) |
Sylvia Marianne Malmberg Liljefors [1] (born 9 November 1944; also known as Sylvia Malmberg and Sylvia Malmberg-Liljefors) is a Swedish curler. [2]
In 2005 she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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1983–84 | Ingrid Thidevall-Meldahl | Ann-Catrin Kjerr | Astrid Blomberg | Sylvia Malmberg | SWCC 1984 WCC 1984 (7th) | ||
2003–04 | Ingrid Meldahl | Ann-Catrin Kjerr | Inger Berg | Sylvia Malmberg | Birgitta Törn | Gunilla Bergman | WSCC 2004 |
2004–05 | Ingrid Meldahl | Ann-Catrin Kjerr | Inger Berg | Sylvia Malmberg | Birgitta Törn | Gunilla Bergman | WSCC 2005 |
2005–06 | Ingrid Meldahl | Ann-Catrin Kjerr | Inger Berg | Sylvia Malmberg | Birgitta Törn | Gunilla Bergman | WSCC 2006 |
2006–07 | Ingrid Meldahl | Ann-Catrin Kjerr | Birgitta Törn | Inger Berg | Sylvia Liljefors | Gunilla Bergman | WSCC 2007 |
2007–08 | Ingrid Meldahl | Ann-Catrin Kjerr | Birgitta Törn | Sylvia Liljefors | Inger Berg | Gunilla Bergman | WSCC 2008 (6th) |
2008–09 | Ingrid Meldahl | Ann-Catrin Kjerr | Anta Hedström | Sylvia Liljefors | Gunilla Bergman | WSCC 2009 | |
2009–10 | Ingrid Meldahl | Ann-Catrin Kjerr | Anta Hedström | Sylvia Liljefors | Olof Liljefors | WSCC 2010 | |
2010–11 | Ingrid Meldahl | Ann-Catrin Kjerr | Anta Hedström | Sylvia Liljefors | Gunilla Bergman | WSCC 2011 | |
2011–12 | Ingrid Meldahl | Ann-Catrin Kjerr | Anta Hedström | Sylvia Liljefors | Marie Lehander | Gunilla Bergman | WSCC 2012 |
2012–13 | Ingrid Meldahl | Ann-Catrin Kjerr | Anta Hedström | Sylvia Liljefors | Marie Lehander | Jan-Erik Kjerr | WSCC 2013 |
2013–14 | Ingrid Meldahl | Ann-Catrin Kjerr | Anta Hedström | Sylvia Liljefors | Marie Lehander | Gunilla Bergman | WSCC 2014 (4th) |
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