She is one of our great Olympic heroes in history.
But did you know which is the icon Anette Norberg’s favorite team – in hockey?
The 55-year-old from Härnösand reveals how she snubbed Timrå for a rival team.
With two Olympic gold medals Annette Norberg one of Swedish sports’ foremost Olympic athletes of all time. The curling icon has won everything there is to win and amassed the most powerful trophy case of his active career.
Norberg’s gold
In addition to the double Olympic golds, the 55-year-old can also add 3 WC golds, 2 WC silvers, 3 WC bronzes, 7 EC golds, 3 EC silvers, 2 EC bronzes and 9 WC golds. She is one of the sport’s all-time greats with an incredible 23 championship medals.
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In 2012, she also had the great honor of crowning her career by receiving the prestigious Victoria scholarship from Crown Princess Victoria. In 2013, Norberg then ended his very successful curling career.
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His favorite team
Since then, we have seen the legend return to curling again as an expert commentator during the Olympics and she has also been part of the team of performers who award the Performance Gold each year at the Sports Gala. But what few people know is that it is not only curling that the 55-year-old is passionate about, there is also another sport on ice that has attracted her interest.
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Anette Norberg has a big favorite hockey team and in an old interview the Olympic hero has revealed that it is a really classic team. Namely, it is Modo Hockey that the heart beats for, just like another old hero in the world’s strongest man Magnus Samuelsson.
– I’m from Härnösand and Timrå IK wasn’t good when I was growing up, so then it was quite natural that it became Modo. And all the hockey guys were going to Ö-vik, Norberg said in an old interview with Sportbladet.
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