Maria Elisabeth Persson (born 21 January 1964) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events ...

in Nagano."1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Curling"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 19, 2008) She is a four-time world champion with the Swedish team, winning with skip

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 ...

in 1992, 1995, 1998, and 1999. In 1993 she was inducted into the

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and in 2020 she and the rest of Team Gustafson were inducted into the World Curling Hall of Fame. At the time of the 1999 World Championships, she was living in

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; ; ; ; ) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Umeå is the largest Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Norrland and the t ...

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