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Lars Vågberg

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Lars Vågberg
 
Born30 June 1967 (1967-06-30) (age 57)
Sollefteå, Sweden
Team
Curling clubStabekk Curlingklubb, Oslo
SkipPål Trulsen
ThirdLars Vågberg
SecondFlemming Davanger
LeadBent Ånund Ramsfjell
AlternateTorger Nergård
Curling career
World Championship
appearances
9 (1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
European Championship
appearances
6 (1990, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005)
Olympic
appearances
2 (2002, 2006)
Other appearancesWorld Senior Curling Championships: 1 (2024)
Medal record
Men's Curling
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Salt Lake City Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Bismarck
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Lausanne
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Winnipeg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Sofia
Representing  Sweden
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Lillehammer
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Sundsvall

Lars Vågberg (born 30 June 1967 in Sollefteå, Sweden) is a Norwegian curler from Bærum.

Vågberg began his international curling career in Sweden. In his first international tournament, he was the second Mikael Hasselborg's 1990 European Curling Championships winning team. With Hasselborg, he would finish 7th at the World Curling Championships in 1992 and won a bronze medal at the 1994 European Championships.

By 1997 Vågberg had moved to Norway. The 1997 World Championships would be the first for Vågberg as a Norwegian, and he played third for Pål Trulsen. While they finished 7th that year, the team would later go on to win two bronze medals (2001, 2003) and a silver (2002) at the Worlds. Most notably however was their victory at the 2002 Winter Olympics when they defeated Canadas' Kevin Martin in the final. The team added to their success with their first gold medal at the European Championships in 2005.

In 2010 (and before), Lars works at Belset Skole in Bærum, as a physical education teacher and advisor.

In 1995 he was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.

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