Peter Narup (born 22 June 1969 in

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) is a

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curler and world champion. He won gold medals in the 1997, 2001 and 2004

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, and received silver medals in 1998 and 2000, all times with skip

Peja Lindholm Peter "Peja" Rutger Lindholm (born 2 June 1970 in Östersund, Sweden) is a retired Swedish curler. Before Niklas Edin, many regarded him as the best European skip ever. Over his two-decade curling playing career, Lindholm won three World Champ ...

."Curling – Men: World Championships"
(Retrieved on March 24, 2008) Narup is

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from 1998 and 2001 (with skip Peja Lindholm), and has received a total of seven medals in the European championships. Narup has normally played Number one on Lindholm's team. He participated on the European team in the

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2002, 2003 and 2004. In 1998 he was inducted into the

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* 1969 births Living people Swedish male curlers World curling champions European curling champions Swedish curling champions Curlers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for Sweden Continental Cup of Curling participants 21st-century Swedish people 20th-century Swedish sportsmen People from Östersund {{Sweden-curling-bio-stub