Maria Poulsen (born 29 October 1984) is a
Danish curler. She currently plays lead for the
Lene Nielsen
Lene Nielsen (born 31 August 1986 in Hvidovre) is a Danish curler. She was the skip of the 2014 Danish Olympic Curling Team.
Career
Nielsen played in her first international events in 2004, as an alternate for the Madeleine Dupont rink. Even ...
rink.
Poulsen was the lead on the
Denise Dupont rink that finished 9th place at the 2001
World Junior Curling Championships. At the
2004 World Junior Curling Championships, the rink, now skipped by
Madeleine Dupont finished 6th. They then finished 8th at the
2004 Ford World Women's Curling Championship and in 8th at the
2004 European Curling Championships. They then finished in 5th place at the
2005 World Junior Curling Championships, followed by a 10th-place finish at the
2005 World Women's Curling Championship.
During the 2005–06 season, Poulsen was the alternate for the
Dorthe Holm rink that won a bronze medal at the
2005 European Curling Championships and in 8th place at the
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...
. That season she also played lead for Nielsen's junior rink, winning a bronze medal at the
2006 World Junior Curling Championships.
With Nielsen, Poulsen won another bronze at the
2007 European Curling Championships, followed by a 5th-place finish at the
2010 European Curling Championships. They represented Denmark at the
2011 Capital One World Women's Curling Championship which was played in Denmark.
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Danish female curlers
Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic curlers for Denmark
1984 births
Living people
Curlers from Copenhagen
21st-century Danish sportswomen