Birgitta Sewik

Gun-britt Birgitta Sewik[1] (born 13 January 1949) is a Swedish female curler.[2]

Birgitta Sewik
Curler
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Born (1949-01-13) 13 January 1949
Team
Curling clubKarlstads CK, Karlstad
Career
Member Association Sweden
World Championship
appearances		4 (1980, 1981, 1982, 1987)
European Championship
appearances		5 (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986)
Olympic
appearances		1 (1988) (demo)
Other appearancesWorld Senior Championships: 1 (2017)
Medal record
Curling
World championships
Gold medal – first place 1981 Perth
Silver medal – second place 1980 Perth
Silver medal – second place 1982 Geneva
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1980 Copenhagen
Gold medal – first place 1982 Kirkcaldy
Gold medal – first place 1983 Västerås
Silver medal – second place 1981 Grindelwald
Swedish Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1980
Gold medal – first place 1981
Gold medal – first place 1982
Gold medal – first place 1986
Gold medal – first place 1988

She is a 1981 World champion and a three-time European champion (1980, 1982, 1983).

She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport.

In 1982 she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.

Teams

Women's
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events
1979–80 Elisabeth HögströmCarina OlssonBirgitta SewikKarin SjögrenSWCC 1980 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1980 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1980–81 Elisabeth HögströmCarina OlssonBirgitta SewikKarin SjögrenECC 1980 1st place, gold medalist(s)
SWCC 1981 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1981 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1981–82 Elisabeth HögströmKatarina HultlingBirgitta SewikKarin SjögrenECC 1981 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
SWCC 1982 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1982 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1982–83 Elisabeth HögströmKatarina HultlingBirgitta SewikKarin SjögrenECC 1982 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1983–84 Elisabeth HögströmKatarina HultlingBirgitta SewikKarin SjögrenECC 1983 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1985–86 Elisabeth HögströmBirgitta SewikEva AnderssonBitte BergSWCC 1986 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1986–87 Elisabeth HögströmBirgitta SewikEva AnderssonBitte BergInga Arfwidsson (WCC)ECC 1986 (7th)
WCC 1987 (6th)
1987–88 Elisabeth HögströmMonika JanssonBirgitta SewikMarie HenrikssonAnette Norberg (OG)OG 1988 (demo) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
SWCC 1988 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2016–17 Marie HenrikssonCarina BjorkBirgitta SewikHelena ErikssonWSCC 2017 (10th)

Mixed
Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1982 Pelle LindemanKatarina HultlingHåkan StåhlbroBirgitta SewikSMxCC 1982 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References
  1. Gun-britt Birgitta Sewik (Karlstad, 70 år) - Merinfo.se(in Swedish)
  2. Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Damer - Svenska Curlingförbundet Archived 2019-09-09 at the Wayback Machine(in Swedish) (Swedish female national curlers; look at "Sewik, Birgitta")
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