Malene Krause (born 18 June 1963 in

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) is a Danish curler and curling coach. She is a four-time Olympian, having competed in the curling exhibition events in

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and

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, and then the full curling events in

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and

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. Her best Olympic result was a fourth-place finish in 1992, when her team lost the

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to Canada. Krause also competed in 14

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and 14

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, earning medals three times and five times, respectively. Her team's best finish was winning the gold medal at the

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. She is the mother 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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* Living people Danish female curlers European curling champions Olympic curlers for Denmark Sportspeople from Frederiksberg Curlers from the Capital Region of Denmark 1963 births Curlers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics 20th-century Danish women 21st-century Danish women {{Denmark-curling-bio-stub