Helena Lingham

Helena Lingham
 
BornHelena Svensson
(1963-09-22) 22 September 1963
Team
Curling clubFalu CC, Falun,
Frösö-Oden CK, Stockholm,
Härnösands CK, Härnösand
Curling career
Member Association Sweden
World Championship
appearances
6 (1990, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003)
European Championship
appearances
3 (1990, 1998, 2002)
Other appearancesWorld Senior Curling Championships: 2 (2018, 2019)
Medal record
Curling
World Championships
1995 Brandon
2001 Lausanne
1994 Oberstdorf
2003 Winnipeg
European Championships
2002 Grindelward
Swedish Women's Championship
1990
1998
2001
2003
1999

Helena Lingham (born 22 September 1963 as Helena Svensson) is a Swedish female curler.[1]

She is a 1995 world champion and 2002 European champion. In 1998 she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.

She was elected to the World Curling Board, as Director in September 2022.

In 1995 she was elected to the Swedish Curling Association Board and served on the Board for 16 years. She was a representative of the Swedish Curling Association to World Curling for 12 years. During the Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998 she served as Chef de Mission of the Swedish Curling delegation.

She also served on the Board Nomination Committee at the Swedish Olympic Committee for 10 years, first as a member (2005-2009), then as Chair (2009-2015). Between 2014 to 2022 she served as Board and Executive Committee Member at Täby Sim.

Teams

Women's

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1983–84 Katarina Hjorth Helena Svensson Karin Berggren Anna Eggertz SJCC 1984
EJCC 1984
1989–90 Helena Svensson (fourth) Lotta Giesenfeld (skip) Elisabeth Hansson Annika Lööf Lena Mårdberg SWCC 1990
WCC 1990 (6th)
1990–91 Annika Lööf Lotta Giesenfeld Helena Svensson Elisabeth Hansson Lena Mårdberg ECC 1990 (6th)
1993–94 Elisabet Johansson Katarina Nyberg Louise Marmont Elisabeth Persson Helena Svensson WCC 1994
1994–95 Elisabet Gustafson Katarina Nyberg Louise Marmont Elisabeth Persson Helena Svensson WCC 1995
1996–97 Cathrine Norberg Helena Svensson Anna Blom Annika Lööf Margaretha Lindahl WCC 1997 (5th)
1997–98 Anette Norberg Cathrine Norberg Helena Svensson Anna Blom SWCC 1998
1998–99 Anette Norberg Cathrine Norberg Helena Lingham Anna Blom SWCC 1999
2000–01 Anette Norberg Cathrine Norberg Eva Lund Helena Lingham Maria Engholm Stefan Lund SWCC 2001
WCC 2001
2002–03 Anette Norberg Cathrine Norberg Eva Lund Helena Lingham Maria Hasselborg Stefan Lund ECC 2002
2017–18 Anette Norberg Helena Lingham Anna Klange Anna Rindeskog Susanne Patz Therese Westman WSCC 2018 (4th)
2018–19 Anette Norberg Helena Klange Helena Lingham Anna Klange WSCC 2019 (5th)

Mixed

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1982–83 Per Hedén Katarina Hjorth Håkan Nilsson Helena Svensson SMxCC 1983 [2]

References

  1. ^ Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Damer - Svenska Curlingförbundet Archived 2019-09-09 at the Wayback Machine(in Swedish) (Swedish female national curlers; look at "Lingham, Helena")
  2. ^ "SM Mixed" (in Swedish). Svenska Curlingförbundet. Archived from the original on 2010-08-12. (web archive; champions from 1967—1968 to 2006—2007)