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Kirsten Jensen (curler)

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Kirsten Jensen
 
Born (1952-12-27) 27 December 1952 (age 71)
Team
Curling clubTårnby CC, Tårnby[1]
Curling career
Member Association Denmark
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances
1 (2008)
Other appearancesEuropean Mixed Championship: 1 (2012)
Medal record
Curling

Kirsten Jensen (born 27 December 1952) is a Danish curler and curling coach.[2]

At the national level, she is a two-time mixed champion (1991, 2011) and mixed doubles champion (2008).

Teams

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Women's

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
2005–06 Kirsten Jensen Lone Tordrup Lone Christiansen Dorthe Hansen WSCC 2006 (9th)

Mixed

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1990–91 Johannes Jensen Angelina Jensen Ulrik Damm Kirsten Jensen DMxCC 1991 1st place, gold medalist(s)[3]
2011–12 Mikael Qvist Trine Qvist Are Solberg Kirsten Jensen DMxCC 2011 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2012–13 Mikael Qvist Trine Qvist Are Solberg Kirsten Jensen EMxCC 2012 (15th)

Mixed doubles

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Season Male Female Events
2007–08 Lasse Damm Kirsten Jensen DMDCC 2008 1st place, gold medalist(s)[4]
WMDCC 2008 (21st)

Record as a coach of national teams

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Year Tournament, event National team Place
2008 2008 World Senior Curling Championships  Denmark (senior men)
18
2010 2010 European Junior Curling Challenge  Denmark (junior women)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2011 2011 European Junior Curling Challenge  Denmark (junior women)
4

Personal life

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Kirsten is from famous family of Danish curlers. Her husband is Johannes Jensen - curler, coach and longtime (since 1987) president of Tårnby Curling Club; at 2021 he was inducted into the WCF Hall of Fame as "builder".[5] Their daughters Angelina Jensen and Camilla Jensen are famous Danish curlers, national champions, World and European medallists.[6] Kirsten, Johannes and Angelina as mixed team won 1991 Danish mixed championship.

References

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  1. ^ Tårnby Curling Club(in Danish)
  2. ^ Kirsten Jensen at World Curling Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ DM Mix | Hvidovre Curling Club(in Danish)
  4. ^ DM Par Mix | Hvidovre Curling Club(in Danish)
  5. ^ "World Curling inducts 2021 Hall of Fame recipients". World Curling Federation. 2021-06-01. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  6. ^ "International hæder til lokal curling-ildsjæl". Tårnby Kommune. 2021-07-05.(in Danish)
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