Torger Nergård, also spelled Nergaard (born 12 December 1974) is a Norwegian curler from Oslo."About Team Ulsrud". TeamUlsrud.com. Retrieved 25 April 2010."Torger Nergaard, Curling" (Curling > Athletes). Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Retrieved 12 February 2010."Torger Nergaard" (Profiles > Events). ASHAM World Curling Tour. Retrieved 5 May 2010. He is a two-time Olympic medalist, winning a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics as the third of the team skipped by Thomas Ulsrud and a gold medal at 2002 Winter Olympics as the alternate of the Norwegian team.

Career Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and is the former 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."Results/Statistics" (Competitions > European Championships). European Curling Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2010."Men's Gold Medal Game" (Curling Schedule > Results). Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. 27 February 2010.

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."Capitol One World Men's Championship – Finals" (News). World Curling Federation. 11 April 2010.Quoted from "Capitol One World Men's Championship – Day 6" (News). World Curling Federation. 8 April 2010."Capitol One World Men's Championship – Day 8" (News). World Curling Federation. 10 April 2010. 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."Quoted from "Torger Nergård wins Collie Campbell Memorial Award 2010". World Curling Federation. 11 April 2010.

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.

Personal life Nergård is married to fellow curler Marianne Rørvik and has two children. He is employed as an engineer with Goodtech Projects and Services.2018 Continental Cup Media Guide

Teams Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events 1990–91 Thomas Due Torger Nergård Mads Rygg Johan Høstmælingen Krister Aanesen 1991 WJCC 1991–92 Thomas Due Torger Nergård Mads Rygg Johan Høstmælingen Thomas Ulsrud 1992 WJCC 1995–96 Torger Nergård Robert Kokkinn Magnus Utgård Jan Øivind Hewitt Kenneth Andersen 1996 WJCC 1997–98 Thomas Ulsrud Johan Høstmælingen Thomas Due Torger Nergård Rolf Andreas Lauten 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 Flemming Davanger 2000 ECC 2001–02 Pål Trulsen Lars Vågberg Flemming Davanger Bent Ånund Ramsfjell Torger Nergård 2001 ECC, 2002 OG 2002–03 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Thomas Due Johan Høstmælingen Thomas Løvold 2002 ECC 2003–04 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Thomas Due Jan Thoresen 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 Christoffer Svae 2006 WCC 2006–07 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Thomas Due Jan Thoresen Christoffer SvaePetter MoeThomas Løvold 2006 ECC, 2007 WCC 2007–08 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Thomas Due 2007 ECC, 2008 WCC 2008–09 Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Thomas DueThomas 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 Markus Høiberg 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 LøvoldMarkus 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 Magnus Ramsfjell Torger Nergård Martin Sesaker Bendik Ramsfjell 2020–21 Steffen Walstad Torger Nergård Markus Høiberg Magnus Vågberg Eirik Mjøen 2021 WCC 2021–22 Steffen Walstad Torger Nergård Markus Høiberg Magnus Vågberg Magnus Nedregotten 2021 ECC, 2021 OQE

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External links

Torger Nergaard at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived)

Complete coverages of Team Norway's Olympics performances at the official Vancouver Olympic Games 2010 Channel Team Ulsrud in training on Eurosport Norge. "EurosportNorge møter curlinggutta". 4 December 2009. Team Norway interviewed on Grand Slam of Curling. Olympic Curling – Team Norway. 17 February 2010.