Eigil Ramsfjell (born 17 March 1955 in Oslo) is a Norway Curling, world champion and Olympic medalist. Many consider him one of the pioneers in modern curling. He received a bronze medal as skip at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. "1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Curling" (Retrieved on 15 March 2008) He was skip on the gold winning team when curling was a demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
Ramsfjell is a three-time world champion, and has also received silver and bronze medals at the world championships. He was inducted into the World Curling Federation Hall of Fame in 2014.
His son, Magnus Ramsfjell followed in his footsteps, and is a former World Junior bronze medalist; his daughter Maia Ramsfjell is also a curler, Norwegian champion.
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