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| Other names | Dordi Agate Nordby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 April 1964 (1964-04-08) (age 61) Bærum, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Championship appearances | 18 (1982,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship appearances | 23 (1981,1983,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic appearances | 5 (1988, 1992, 1998, 2002, 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dordi Agate Nordby (born 8 April 1964 inBærum) is a retiredNorwegiancurler fromSnarøya.[1] Nordby has amassed an array of medals in major international competitions over a career spanning three decades, including twoworld championship gold medals and twoEuropean championship gold medals.
Having made her international debut for Norway as early as 1981, Nordby played for her country at the curling exhibition event in theCalgary Winter Olympics, where the team won a 'bronze medal' - which of course had no official status.[2] She first won a medal at the world championships in 1989, playing third in the Norway team that finished as runners-up. As skip of the team in 1990 and 1991, Dordi reached the pinnacle of her career to date by leading Norway to back-to-back gold medals.
Although she has yet to quite recapture that form, the Norway team she has almost invariably continued to skip at major championships has maintained a remarkable consistency, netting bronze medals in 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000 and 2002, and a silver in 1997. She has so far, however, failed in her quest to win a 'real' Olympic medal for Norway, finishing fifth inNagano in 1998, seventh inSalt Lake City in 2002, and fourth inTurin in 2006.
Nordby suffered a blow when the international career of her long-term lieutenantHanne Woods finally succumbed to a long-term knee complaint. However, the promising juniorLinn Githmark was co-opted to play third in the team at the2004 World Championships, and a transition was successfully achieved as Norway picked up a silver medal, with yet another bronze following in 2005. However, as of the 2005 European Championships, Githmark is no longer on the team.
In 2003 Nordby won theFrances Brodie Award, which is an award that is presented to the player deemed to have displayed the best sportsmanship throughout the championship, as voted on by all of the players competing. She also brings a thermos of coffee to every game she plays, and used to be a chain-smoker, but says she has quit smoking after 25 years. Nordby has said she will continue curling until "my knees break". However, after a disappointing2006 European Curling Championships in which she failed to qualify Norway for the 2007 Worlds, Nordby announced her retirement from the sport in January 2007.
In 2019 Nordby was inducted into theWorld Curling Hall of Fame, and was awarded the Elmer Freytag Award.
