Eigil Ramsfjell

Eigil Ramsfjell (born 17 March 1955 in Oslo) is a Norwegian curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. Many consider him one of the pioneers in modern curling. He received a bronze medal as skip at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.[1] He was skip on the gold winning team when curling was a demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.[2]

Eigil Ramsfjell
Curler
Born	(1955-03-17) 17 March 1955 Oslo
Team
Curling club	Snarøen CC, Oslo
Career
Member Association	Norway
World Championship appearances	15 (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996)
European Championship appearances	11 (1979, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)
Olympic appearances	1 (1998)
Medal record Representing  Norway Men’s curling Olympic Games 1998 Nagano Team World Championships 1979 Berne Team 1984 Perth Team 1988 Lausanne Team 1978 Winnipeg Team 1980 Moncton Team 1983 Regina Team 1987 Vancouver Team 1989 Milwaukee Team 1991 Winnipeg Team European Championships 1993 Leukerbad Team 1980 Copenhagen Team 1987 Oberstdorf Team 1988 Perth Team 1989 Engelberg Team 1979 Varese Team 1985 Grindelwald Team 1990 Lillehammer Team 1995 Grindelwald Team

Ramsfjell is a three-time world champion, and has also received silver and bronze medals at the world championships.

His son, Magnus followed in his footsteps, and is a former World Junior bronze medalist; his daughter Maia is also a curler, Norwegian champion.[3]