Björn Rudström

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Björn Rudström
Curler
 ♂
Born (1954-05-10) May 10, 1954 (age 67)
Härnösand, Sweden
Team
Curling clubHärnösands CK,
Magnus Ladulås CK
Career
Member Association Sweden
World Championship
appearances		2 (1975, 1977)
European Championship
appearances		2 (, )
Other appearancesWorld Senior Champioships: 1 (2006)
Medal record
Curling
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1977 Karlstad
European Championships
Gold medal – first place
Silver medal – second place
World Senior Curling Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Copenhagen
Swedish Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1975
Gold medal – first place 1977

Björn Rudström (born May 10, 1954 in Härnösand, Sweden) is a Swedish curler and curling coach.[1]

He is a 1977 World Men's champion, a and a Swedish men's champion.

In 1978 he was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.

Teams[]

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events
1973–74 Anders Thidholm Ragnar Kamp Christer Mårtensson Björn Rudström SJCC 1974 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1974–75 Ragnar Kamp (fourth) Björn Rudström Christer Mårtensson Axel Kamp (skip) SMCC 1975 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1975 (4th)
1976–77 Ragnar Kamp Håkan Rudström Björn Rudström Christer Mårtensson SMCC 1977 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1977 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1977–78 Ragnar Kamp Björn Rudström Håkan Rudström Christer Mårtensson 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1981–82 Göran Roxin Björn Rudström Håkan Rudström Christer Mårtensson 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2005–06 Jan Ullsten Björn Rudström Lars Strandqvist Lars Engblom WSCC 2006 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[2]

Record as a coach of national teams[]

Year Tournament, event National team Place
2013 2013 Winter Universiade  Sweden (students men)
1st place, gold medalist(s)
2013 2013 Winter Universiade  Sweden (students women)
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Private life[]

Rudström is from family of curlers. His younger brother Håkan was Björn's teammate when they won the World and European championships. Björn's daughter Karin is a 2011 World Women's champion. Håkan's daughter [3] played for Sweden at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics.

References[]

  1. ^ "Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Herrar - Svenska Curlingförbundet (Swedish male national curlers)" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2019. (look for "Rudström, Björn")
  2. ^ "Meriterat Sundsvallslag till curling-VM för oldboys" (in Swedish). February 25, 2006.
  3. ^ Amalia Rudström on the World Curling Federation database

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