Thomas Norgren

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Thomas Norgren
 
Other namesNogga [1]
Born (1961-12-08) 8 December 1961 (age 62)
Team
Curling clubCK Skvadern,
Timrå CK,
Frösö-Oden CK
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
World Championship
appearances
2 (1989, 2002)
European Championship
appearances
1 (1987)
Medal record
Curling
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1989 Milwaukee
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1987 Oberstdorf
Swedish Men's Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1987
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994

Thomas "Nogga" Norgren (born 8 December 1961) is a Swedish curler and curling coach. [1]

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He is a 1987 European champion and 1989 World championship bronze medallist. [2]

In 1995 he was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
1979–80Thomas Norgren Conny Ekholm Peter Svedlund Ecke Pettersson SJCC 1980 Gold medal icon.svg
WJCC 1980 Bronze medal icon.svg
1980–81Thomas NorgrenPeter SvedlundConny EkholmEcke PetterssonSJCC 1981 Gold medal icon.svg
WJCC 1981 (4th)
1986–87Thomas Norgren Jan Strandlund Lars Strandqvist Lars Engblom SMCC 1987 Gold medal icon.svg
1987–88Thomas NorgrenJan StrandlundLars StrandqvistLars Engblom Olle Håkansson Olle Håkansson ECC 1987 Gold medal icon.svg
1988–89Thomas Norgren Jan-Olov Nässén Anders Lööf Mikael Ljungberg Peter Cederwall WCC 1989 Bronze medal icon.svg
2002 Per Carlsén Mikael Norberg Tommy Olin Niklas Berggren Thomas NorgrenOlle Håkansson WCC 2002 (8th)
2003–04Thomas NorgrenJan StrandlundHans Nyman Leif Nyman
2005–06Hans NymanThomas NorgrenJan StrandlundLeif Nyman
2007–08Hans NymanThomas NorgrenJan StrandlundLeif Nyman Erik Salen
2009–10Hans NymanThomas NorgrenJan StrandlundErik Salen
2012–13 Johan Ceder Thomas Norgren Sven Olsson Jonas Olsson Niklas Svenman

Record as a coach of national teams

YearTournament, eventNational teamPlace
1997 1997 European Curling Championships Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (men)
4
1998 1998 World Men's Curling Championship Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (men)
Silver medal icon.svg

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References

  1. 1 2 "Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Herrar - Svenska Curlingförbundet (Swedish male national curlers)" (in Swedish). Retrieved August 5, 2019. (look for "Norgren, Thomas “Nogga””")
  2. Thomas Norgren on the World Curling database OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg