Gert Larsen (original) (raw)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Danish male curler and coach

Gert Larsen
Curler ♂
Born (1960-02-09) 9 February 1960 (age 64)Hvidovre
Team
Curling club Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre
Curling career
Member Association Denmark
World Championshipappearances 7 (1982, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2001)
European Championshipappearances 3 (1979, 1980, 1981, 1991, 1994, 1998)
Olympicappearances 1 (1988, demonstration)
Medal record Curling European Championships Bronze medal – third place 1981 Grindelwald Danish Men's Championship[1] Gold medal – first place 1979 Gold medal – first place 1982 Gold medal – first place 1987 Gold medal – first place 1988 Gold medal – first place 1993 Gold medal – first place 1994 Gold medal – first place 1995 Gold medal – first place 1997 Gold medal – first place 1998 Gold medal – first place 2001

Gert Munch Larsen (born 9 February 1960 in Hvidovre) is a Danish curler and curling coach.[2]

At the international level, he is a 1981 European bronze medallist.

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 2014 Winter Olympics, where Danish women's team finished sixth.

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1978–79 Per Berg Gert Larsen Jan Hansen Michael Harry DMCC 1979 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1979–80 Per Berg Gert Larsen Jan Hansen Michael Harry ECC 1979 (6th)
1980–81 Per Berg Gert Larsen Jan Hansen Michael Harry ECC 1980 (6th)
1981–82 Per Berg Gert Larsen Jan Hansen Michael Harry Antonny Hinge ECC 1981 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)DMCC 1982 1st place, gold medalist(s)WCC 1982 (8th)
1986–87 Gert Larsen Oluf Olsen Jan Hansen Michael Harry DMCC 1987 1st place, gold medalist(s)WCC 1987 (4th)
1987–88 Gert Larsen Oluf Olsen Jan Hansen Michael Harry WOG 1988, demo (6th)DMCC 1988 1st place, gold medalist(s)WCC 1988 (8th)
1991–92 Gert Larsen Oluf Olsen Michael Harry Henrik Jakobsen Ulrik Schmidt ECC 1991 (6th)
1992–93 Gert Larsen Oluf Olsen Michael Harry Henrik Jakobsen Tom Nielsen DMCC 1993 1st place, gold medalist(s)WCC 1993 (5th)
1993–94 Gert Larsen Oluf Olsen Michael Harry Henrik Jakobsen Tom Nielsen (DMCC),Tommy Stjerne (WCC) DMCC 1994 1st place, gold medalist(s)WCC 1994 (7th)
1994–95 Gert Larsen Oluf Olsen Michael Harry Henrik Jakobsen Tom Nielsen ECC 1994 (10th)DMCC 1995 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1996–97 Tommy Stjerne Gert Larsen Peter Andersen Anders Søderblom Ivan Frederiksen DMCC 1997 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1997–98 Tommy Stjerne Gert Larsen Peter Andersen Ivan Frederiksen Anders Søderblom DMCC 1998 1st place, gold medalist(s)WCC 1998 (7th)
1998–99 Tommy Stjerne Gert Larsen Peter Andersen Ivan Frederiksen Anders Søderblom Mikael Qvist,Olle Brudsten ECC 1998 (7th)
2000–01 Johnny Frederiksen Henrik Jakobsen Lars Vilandt Bo Jensen Gert Larsen Olle Brudsten DMCC 2001 1st place, gold medalist(s)WCC 2001 (10th)
Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
2000–01 Gert Larsen Nete Larsen Mikkel Krause Gitte Larsen DMxCC 2001 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2001–02 Gert Larsen Pernille Nielsen Dennis Hansen Mette Larsen DMxCC 2002 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Record as a coach of national teams

[edit]

Year Tournament, event National team Place
2005 2005 European Junior Curling Challenge Denmark (junior men) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2005 2005 European Curling Championships Denmark (men) 6
2005 2005 European Curling Championships Denmark (women) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2006 2006 World Junior Curling Championships Denmark (junior men) 5
2007 2007 World Junior Curling Championships Denmark (junior men) 4
2008 2008 World Junior Curling Championships Denmark (junior men) 7
2009 2009 World Junior Curling Championships Denmark (junior men) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2013 2013 European Curling Championships Denmark (women) 4
2014 2014 Winter Olympics Denmark (women) 6
2014 2014 European Curling Championships Denmark (men) 9
2019 2019 European Curling Championships Denmark (men) 4

He is married to fellow Danish curler Malene Krause. They are the parents of former world junior champion Mikkel Krause, skip of Denmark's team at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.[4] Larsen was coach of his son's 2009 World Junior Curling Championships winner.

  1. ^ DM Herrer | Hvidovre Curling Club(in Danish)
  2. ^ Gert Larsen at World Curling Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Collie Campbell Memorial Award". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2019-07-23.
  4. ^ "Mikkel Krause". Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 February 2022.