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2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Host city Sursee, Switzerland
Arena Eishalle Sursee
Dates February 2–9
Winner  Norway
Skip Rune Lorentsen
Third Jostein Stordahl
Second Geir Arne Skogstad
Lead Lene Tystad
Alternate Anne Mette Samdal
Finalist  South Korea (Kim Hak-sung)

The 2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 2 to 9 at the Eishalle Sursee in Sursee, Switzerland.

Two teams outside of the top finishers, Sweden and Italy, qualified from a qualifying event held in November 2007 in Inverness, Scotland.

Skip: Gerry Austgarden
Second: Ina Forrest
Lead: Sonja Gaudet
Alternate: Gary Cormack
Coach: Joe Rea

Third: Egidio Marchese
Second: Gabriele Dallapiccola
Lead: Lucrezia Celantano
Alternate: Danilo Destro
Coach: Mauro Maino

Third: Katsuo Ichikawa
Second: Takashi Hidai
Lead: Ayako Saitoh
Alternate: Mari Yamazaki
Coach: Kumiko Ogihara

Third: Jostein Stordahl
Second: Geir Arne Skogstad
Lead: Lene Tystad
Alternate: Anne Mette Samdal
Coach: Thoralf Hognestad

Third: Nikolay Melnikov
Second: Marat Romanov
Lead: Oxana Slesarenko
Alternate: Oleg Makarov
Coach: Efim Zhidelev

Third: Aileen Neilson
Second: Tom Killin
Lead: James Sellar
Alternate: Rosemary Lenton
Coach: Tom Pendreigh

Third: Kim Myung-jin
Second: Cho Yang-hyun
Lead: Kang Mi-suk
Alternate: Ham Dong-hee
Coach: Kwon Young-il

Third: Glenn Ikonen
Second: Bernt Sjöberg
Lead: Kristina Ulander
Alternate: Anna Hammarlind
Coach: Olle Brudsten


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