Peja Lindholm

Peja Lindholm
Curler
Born (1970-06-02) June 2, 1970
Östersund, Sweden
Career
World Championship
appearances		 8 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007)
European Championship
appearances		 10 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007)
Olympic
appearances		 3 (1998, 2002, 2006)
Medal record
Men's curling
Representing  Sweden
World Curling Championships
1997 Berne
2001 Lausanne
2004 Gävle
1998 Kamloops
2000 Glasgow
European Curling Championships
1998 Flims
2001 Vierumäki
2002 Grindelwald
2003 Courmayeur
2004 Sofia
2005 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
2000 Oberstdorf
World Junior Curling Championships
1989 Markham
1988 Füssen
1990 Portage la Praire

Peter "Peja" Rutger Lindholm (born 2 June 1970 in Östersund, Sweden) is a retired Swedish curler. Lindholm is currently the national coach of the Swedish Curling Association.

Over his two-decade curling playing career, Lindholm won three world championships as a skip, winning in 1997, 2001 and 2004. He is also a two-time European champion (1998, and 2001) and a is former world junior champion (1989).

Lindholm announced his retirement from curling following the 2007 European Curling Championships.

Coaching career

In 2011, Lindholm became the coach of the Swedish men's team skipped by Niklas Edin, coaching them in the World Championships. He also coached the Swedish women's team at the 2010 World Championship. He then became the Swedish national coach in 2015 when Fredrik Lindberg became the team coach.

Awards

See also

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