2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship | |
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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