| Torger Nergård | |
| Birth Date: | 12 December 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Trondheim, Norway |
| Curling Club: | Snarøen CC, Oslo, NOR |
| Skip: | Steffen Walstad |
| Third: | Torger Nergård |
| Second: | Markus Høiberg |
| Lead: | Magnus Vågberg |
| Alternate: | Magnus Nedregotten |
| Mixed Doubles Partner: | Marianne Rørvik |
| World Championship Appearances: | 13 |
| European Championship Appearances: | 19 |
| Olympic Appearances: | 6 (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022) |
Torger Nergård, also spelled Nergaard (born 12 December 1974) is a Norwegian curler from Oslo.[1] [2] [3]
Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team Thomas Ulsrud. At the Junior level, he played third at the 1991 and 1992 World Junior Curling Championships for Thomas Due, and skipped his own team in 1996. Nergård was the alternate for Pål Trulsen's team when Norway won the gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2005 European Curling Championships.
With Team Ulsrud, Nergård played lead in 1997, second in 1998, and third in 2000, 2002–2003 and 2006–2010; the latter years saw the team winning six World Curling Tour events, four European Curling Championship medals (silver in 2007 and 2008; bronze in 2002 and 2009), three World Curling Championship bronze medals (2006, 2008 and 2009), and silver at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.[4] [5]
Nergård competed as skip during the 2010 World Curling Championship in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, when Thomas Ulsrud had to return home for family reasons. Team Nergård won the silver medal having played some memorable matches, including a 9–8 win against Canada's Team Kevin Koe in the final round-robin game, which placed Norway first in the rankings (10–1), and a 9–7 win against Scotland's Team Warwick Smith in the semi-final.[6] [7] [8] On the strength of Norway's national team during the tournament, Nergård commented that "it wasn't easy coming into the championship without Tom [Ulsrud], but I think we have shown that we can play well. We are a small nation, and there are not many curlers compared to the choice in Canada." At the closing ceremony of the championship, Nergård was honoured by his fellow competitors with the 2010 Colin Campbell Memorial Award, a recognition given to an athlete who "by deed and action in the course of their performance, best exemplified the traditional curling values of skill, honesty, fair play, friendship and sportsmanship."[9]
Following 2010, the team would not medal again at the World Championships, but they did win back-to-back golds at the European Curling Championships in 2010 and 2011 and won silver in 2012.
Nergård is married to fellow curler Marianne Rørvik and has two children.[10] [11] He is employed as an engineer[12] with Goodtech Projects and Services.[13]
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990–91 | Torger Nergård | Mads Rygg | Krister Aanesen | 1991 WJCC | |||
| 1991–92 | Thomas Due | Torger Nergård | Mads Rygg | Johan Høstmælingen | 1992 WJCC | ||
| 1995–96 | Torger Nergård | Robert Kokkinn | Magnus Utgård | Jan Øivind Hewitt | 1996 WJCC | ||
| 1997–98 | Thomas Ulsrud | Johan Høstmælingen | Thomas Due | Torger Nergård | 1997 ECC | ||
| Thomas Ulsrud | Thomas Due | Torger Nergård | Johan Høstmælingen | Rolf Andreas Lauten | 1998 WCC | ||
| 2000–01 | Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Thomas Due | Johan Høstmælingen | 2000 ECC | ||
| 2001–02 | Flemming Davanger | Torger Nergård | 2001 ECC, 2002 OG | ||||
| 2002–03 | Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Thomas Due | Johan Høstmælingen | 2002 ECC | ||
| 2003–04 | Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Thomas Due | Thomas Løvold | 2003 ECC | ||
| Pål Trulsen | Lars Vågberg | Flemming Davanger | Bent Ånund Ramsfjell | Torger Nergård | 2004 WCC | ||
| 2005–06 | Pål Trulsen | Lars Vågberg | Flemming Davanger | Bent Ånund Ramsfjell | Torger Nergård | 2005 ECC, 2006 OG | |
| Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Thomas Due | Jan Thoresen | 2006 WCC | |||
| 2006–07 | Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Thomas Due | Jan Thoresen | Christoffer Svae Petter Moe Thomas Løvold | 2006 ECC, 2007 WCC | |
| 2007–08 | Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Christoffer Svae | Thomas Due | 2007 ECC, 2008 WCC | ||
| 2008–09 | Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Thomas Due Thomas Løvold | 2008 ECC, 2009 WCC | |
| 2009–10 | Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Thomas Løvold | 2009 ECC, 2010 OG | |
| 2010–11 | Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | 2010 ECC, 2011 WCC | ||
| 2011–12 | Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Markus Høiberg | 2011 ECC, 2012 WCC | |
| 2012–13 | Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Thomas Løvold Markus Høiberg | 2012 ECC, 2013 WCC | |
| 2013–14 | Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Markus Høiberg | 2013 ECC, 2014 OG, 2014 WCC | |
| 2014–15 | Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Sander Rølvåg (ECC) Markus Høiberg (WCC) | 2014 ECC, 2015 WCC | |
| 2015–16 | Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Sander Rølvåg (ECC) Markus Høiberg (WCC) | 2015 ECC, 2016 WCC | |
| 2016–17 | Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Sander Rølvåg | 2016 ECC | |
| 2017–18 | Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Sander Rølvåg | 2017 ECC | |
| 2018–19 | Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | 2018 CWC/2, 2019 CWC/final | ||
| 2019–20 | Torger Nergård | Martin Sesaker | |||||
| 2020–21 | Torger Nergård | Markus Høiberg | Eirik Mjøen | 2021 WCC | |||
| 2021–22 | Steffen Walstad | Torger Nergård | Markus Høiberg | Magnus Vågberg | 2021 ECC, 2021 OQE |