Margaretha Sigfridsson

Who is Margaretha Sigfridsson?

Margaretha Sigfridsson is a Swedish curler from Sundsvall. She currently skips the Swedish national team while throwing lead rocks.

Sigfridsson skipped the Swedish team at the 1997 World Junior Curling Championships, winning the silver medal. Sweden lost in the final game 11–3 to Scotland, skipped by Julia Ewart.

Sigfridsson was the Swedish skip at the 2002 Ford World Women's Curling Championship. Once again, she won a silver medal, and once again lost to Scotland in the final. The score was 6–5.

Sigfridsson returned to the World Championships in 2008, where she played lead for the Swedish team skipped by Stina Viktorsson that finished in sixth place. The following season, she temporarily joined the Anette Norberg rink as lead, and the team won a silver medal at the 2009 Mount Titlis World Women's Curling Championship, losing to China's Wang Bingyu in the final. Returning to the Viktorsson rink, Sigfridsson won a gold medal at the 2010 European Curling Championships as the lead on the team.

In 2011, Sigfridsson left the Viktorsson rink to form her own team as skip, but throwing lead rocks. The team quickly became the top team in Sweden, and would represent the country at the 2011 European Curling Championships where they won a silver medal, losing to Scotland's Eve Muirhead rink. As Sweden's representative at the 2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, the Sigfridsson rink won the silver medal, losing to Switzerland's Mirjam Ott in the final match. The team would again represent Sweden at the 2012 European Curling Championships where they won the bronze medal.