Christoffer Svae (born 21 March 1982) is a Norwegian curler from

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. He is best known as the former

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. Retrieved 12 February 2010. At Junior level, Svae played second for Team Thomas Løvold and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003

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"B" tournaments. Svae formally joined Team Ulsrud in 2007 having played alternate since 2005. During the 2005–2010 seasons, Svae and his team won six

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events, three

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medals (silver in 2007 and 2008; bronze in 2009), four

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medals (bronze in 2006, 2008 and 2009; silver in 2010), and silver at the

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."Capitol One World Men's Championship – Day 6" (News).

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. 8 April 2010. It was Svae who selected Loudmouth Golf's colorful argyle pants (Dixie and Red & Gray) as Team Norway's uniform at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics because they came close to matching the Norwegian flag colors – red, white and blue. The pants brought Team Norway unprecedented popularity as shown by the surge in sales at Loudmouth Golf as well as the number of followers at the

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's Norwegian Olympic Curling Team's Pants fan page exceeding over 600,000 by the end of the 2009-10 curling season.

Personal life

Svae is currently employed as a curling instructor and event manager at AS Curlingbaner.2020 Continental Cup Media Guide: Team Europe Coach Bios

Teams

References

External links

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Facebook fan page for The Norwegian Olympic Curling Team's Pants
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17 February 2010. * Christoffer Svae interviewed on

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