Angelina Jensen
Angelina Camilla Jensen (born 23 May 1973) is a Danish curler from Kastrup.
Angelina Camilla Jensen | |
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Born | 23 May 1973 |
Team | |
Curling club | Tårnby CC, Tårnby |
Skip | Angelina Jensen |
Third | Christine Grønbech |
Second | Camilla Jensen |
Lead | Lina Knudsen |
Alternate | Ivana Bratic |
Career | |
World Championship appearances | 7 (1994, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2018) |
European Championship appearances | 4 (1993, 2006, 2008, 2009) |
Jensen has won two bronze medals in six attempts at the World Junior Curling Championships. She won her first bronze in 1993 playing third for Dorthe Holm and won bronze again in 1994 skipping. She had also played on the Danish team at the 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992 Junior Championships.
Jensen played in her first World Curling Championship in 1994 throwing third stones for Helena Blach Lavrsen. Denmark finished 9th that year. Jensen would not return to the Worlds again until 2006, when she threw lead rocks but also skipped. Denmark finished in sixth place. At the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship, Jensen threw second rocks and skipped, and won her first medal at the Worlds- a silver when she lost 8-4 to Canada (skipped by Kelly Scott) in the final.
Jensen and her team represented Denmark again at the World Championships in 2008 finishing 7-4 for 5th Place losing a Tiebreaker to Japan, 2009 winning a bronze medal by defeating Canada's Jennifer Jones and 2010 going 6-5, But losing the Danish Final in 2011 and 2012 [1]
Personal life
Jensen works as an insurance claims correspondent for Alka Insurance. She has one daughter, Karolina.[2]
References
- Curling Scoops Ford World Women's Championship Archived 2008-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
- 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide
External links
- Angelina Jensen at Olympedia
- Angelina Jensen at World Curling Federation
- Angelina Jensen at CurlingZone
- 2010 Olympics profile