Birgitta "Gittan" Törn (born 11 June 1948) is a Swedish curler.[1]

Birgitta Törn
 
Other namesGittan
Born (1948-06-11) 11 June 1948 (age 76)
Team
Curling clubAmatörföreningens CK, Stockholm,
Stocksunds CK, Stockholm
Curling career
Member Association Sweden
World Championship
appearances
1 (1979)
European Championship
appearances
1 (1979)
Other appearancesWorld Senior Championships: 10 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Medal record
Curling
World championships
Silver medal – second place 1979 Perth
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1979 Varese
Swedish Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1979
World Senior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Copenhagen
Gold medal – first place 2007 Edmonton
Silver medal – second place 2004 Gävle
Silver medal – second place 2011 St. Paul
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Greenacres
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Chelyabinsk
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Tårnby
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Fredericton

She is a 1979 World silver medallist and a 1979 European silver medallist.

In 1980 she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.

Teams

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Women's

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1978–79 Birgitta Törn Katarina Hultling Susanne Gynning-Ödling Gunilla Bergman SWCC 1979  
WCC 1979  
1979–80 Birgitta Törn Katarina Hultling Susanne Gynning-Ödling Gunilla Bergman ECC 1979  
2003–04 Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Inger Berg Sylvia Malmberg Birgitta Törn Gunilla Bergman WSCC 2004  
2004–05 Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Inger Berg Sylvia Malmberg Birgitta Törn Gunilla Bergman WSCC 2005  
2005–06 Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Inger Berg Sylvia Malmberg Birgitta Törn Gunilla Bergman WSCC 2006  
2006–07 Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Birgitta Törn Inger Berg Sylvia Liljefors Gunilla Bergman WSCC 2007  
2007–08 Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Birgitta Törn Sylvia Liljefors Inger Berg Gunilla Bergman WSCC 2008 (6th)
2009–10 Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Birgitta Törn Sylvia Liljefors Olof Liljefors WSCC 2010  
2010–11 Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Birgitta Törn Sylvia Liljefors Gunilla Bergman WSCC 2011  
2011–12 Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Birgitta Törn Sylvia Liljefors Marie Lehander Gunilla Bergman WSCC 2012  
2012–13 Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Birgitta Törn Sylvia Liljefors Marie Lehander Jan-Erik Kjerr WSCC 2013  
2013–14 Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Birgitta Törn Sylvia Liljefors Marie Lehander Gunilla Bergman WSCC 2014 (4th)

Mixed

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1972 Ulf Lagerbäck Lena Egnér Birgitta Törn Göran Perning SMxCC 1972  

References

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  1. ^ Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Damer - Svenska Curlingförbundet Archived 2019-09-09 at the Wayback Machine(in Swedish) (Swedish female national curlers; look at "Törn, Birgitta")
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