Christina Bertrup (born 23 December 1976) is a Swedish curler. She presently throws third rock for

Margaretha Sigfridsson Margaretha Sigfridsson (born 28 January 1976) is a Swedish curler who in 2009 was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame. Curling career Early career Sigfridsson skipped the Swedish team at the 1997 World Junior Curling Championshi ...

Curling career

Bertrup began her international curling career as the alternate player for

Elisabet Gustafson Karin Elisabet Gustafson (born 2 May 1964) is a retired Sweden, Swedish Curling, curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. She has won four World Championships. Career Gustafson made her debut onto the world stage at the 1985 European Junior ...

. With Gustafson, she won a gold medal at the 2000 European Curling Championships, and placed 6th at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

. Gustafson retired after the Olympics, and Bertrup was without a team. She wouldn't return to the international curling scene until being picked up by

Stina Viktorsson Stina Viktorsson (born 27 June 1985) is a Swedish curler from Umeå. She is a skip. Viktorsson had an accomplished Junior career in Sweden winning a bronze medal at the 2004 World Junior Curling Championships and a silver at the 2005 ...

in 2010. Bertrup played third for the team, and they won a gold medal at the

2010 European Curling Championships The 2010 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Champéry, Switzerland from December 3–11, 2010. The Group C matches took place from September 24–28 at the Greenacres Ice Rink in Howwood, Scotland. The winners of the Group ...

. Viktorsson left the team in 2011, and was replaced at the fourth position by Maria Prytz. The team's lead, Sigfridsson assumed skipping duties. They won a silver medal at the

2011 European Curling Championships The 2011 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Moscow, Russia from December 2 to 10.2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship The 2012 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as Ford World Women's Curling Championship 2012 for sponsorship reasons) was held at the Enmax Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta from March 17 to 25. It marked the 12th time that Canada has hoste ...

, where they would go on to win a silver medal. The next season, the team would win a bronze medal at the

2012 European Curling Championships The 2012 European Curling Championships was held from December 7 to 15 at the Löfbergs Lila Arena and the Karlstad Curling Club in Karlstad, Sweden. The Group A competitions was held at the Löfbergs Lila Arena, while the Group B competitions ...

and a silver medal at the

2013 World Women's Curling Championship The 2013 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the Titlis Glacier Mountain World Women's Curling Championship 2013 for sponsorship reasons) was held at the Volvo Sports Centre in Riga, Latvia from March 16 to 24. It marked the first ti ...

. For the 2013-14 curling season, the team won the gold medal at the

2013 European Curling Championships The 2013 European Curling Championships were held from November 22 to 30 at the Sørmarka Arena in Stavanger, Norway. Norway last hosted the European Curling Championships in 1990. The Group C competitions were held in October at the Tårnby Cu ...

, a silver medal at the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...

and a 5th place finish at the

2014 World Women's Curling Championship The 2014 World Curling Championships, World Women's Curling Championship (branded as Ford of Canada, Ford World Women's Curling Championship 2014 for sponsorship reasons) was held from 15 to 23 March at the Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brun ...

. Since their Olympic season, the team would finish 7th at the

2015 World Women's Curling Championship The 2015 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the Zen-Noh World Women's Curling Championship 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 14 to 22 at the Tsukisamu Gymnasium in Sapporo, Japan. It marks the second time that a wor ...

and 9th at the 2016 World Women's Curling Championship. In 2009 she was inducted into the

Swedish Curling Hall of Fame Swedish Curling Hall of Fame () was created in 1966 by the Swedish Curling Association (). A number of former and currently played curlers A hair roller or hair curler is a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair in order to curl it, o ...

Personal life

Bertrup has a partner and two children.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bertrup, Christina 1976 births Living people Swedish female curlers Curlers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in curling Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics European curling champions Swedish curling champions Continental Cup of Curling participants People from Sundsvall Municipality