Gert Munch Larsen (born 9 February 1960 in

Hvidovre Hvidovre is the main town in Hvidovre Municipality, Denmark. The town, a suburb of Copenhagen, is about 10 km southwest of the capital's center. It is the 2nd biggest suburb of Copenhagen, only beaten by Frederiksberg. History Hvidovre has ...

) is a Danish curler and curling

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. At the international level, he is a . At the national level, he is a ten-time Danish men's champion curler (1979, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001) and a two-time Danish mixed champion curler (2001, 2002). He participated at the demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics, where Danish men's team finished sixth. As a coach of Danish women's curling team he participated at the

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, where Danish women's team finished sixth.

Awards

* Collie Campbell Memorial Award: 1994.

Teams

Men's

Mixed

Record as a coach of national teams

Private life

He is married to fellow Danish curler Malene Krause. They are the parents of former world junior champion

Mikkel Krause Mikkel Munch Krause (born 2 October 1988) is a Danish curler from Hvidovre. He is a former World Junior champion. Curling career Junior As a junior curler, Krause represented Denmark at seven World Junior Curling Championships. His first was ...

, skip of Denmark's team at the

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. Larsen was coach of his son's 2009 World Junior Curling Championships winner.

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* Living people 1960 births Sportspeople from Hvidovre Municipality Danish male curlers Danish curling champions Curlers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for Denmark Danish curling coaches Curlers from the Capital Region of Denmark 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-curling-bio-stub