Mats Olofsson Explained

Mats Olofsson
Gender:	M
Curling Club:	CK Oden, Östersund
World Championship Appearances:	1
Show-Medals:	yes

Mats Göran Olofsson^[1] (born 25 September 1945) is a Swedish curler.^[2]

His team competed for Sweden in the, because it was decided that the 1976 Swedish championship team from IF GÖTA (skip Jens Håkansson) was too young for the World Championship and so they^[3] went to the Worlds instead.

From 1991 to 1995 he was a board member of the Swedish Curling Association (Swedish: Svenska Curlingförbundet).

Personal life

Olofsson's son is Swedish curler Nils Olofsson-Runudde, who played for Sweden in the 1998 World Junior Curling Championships.

External links

• • Air Canada Silver Broom 1976 World Curling Championship - Perfect Duluth Day

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mats Göran Olofsson (Östersund, 74 år) - Merinfo.se . December 20, 2019 . sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20191220065328/https://www.merinfo.se/person/%C3%96stersund/Mats-G%C3%B6ran-Olofsson-1945/bkwfh-yg81 . December 20, 2019 .
2. Web site: Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Herrar - Svenska Curlingförbundet (Swedish male national curlers) . sv . December 20, 2019 . (look for "Olofsson, Mats")
3. Runner-ups of 1976 Sweden championship?