Monika Wagner
Encyclopedia
Monika Wagner (born February 28, 1965) is a German
curler
from Garmisch-Partenkirchen
. She currently plays third for Andrea Schöpp
, who was born eight hours before her in the same hospital.
Wagner has played with Schöpp for most of her international career. She was her lead at the 1980 European Curling Championships
where they won the bronze medal. Since then Wagner has been both Schöpp's second and third. With Schöpp, Wagner has won a World Curling Championship in 1988, six European Curling Championships (1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995 and 2009) and an Olympic Gold medal (1992).
She was an alternate on the German team that won the 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship
.
She was a member of the German team at the 1998
and 2010 Winter Olympics
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
curler
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...
from Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region, and the district is on the border with Austria...
. She currently plays third for Andrea Schöpp
Andrea Schöpp
Dr. Andrea Schöpp is a German curler from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. She also lectures part-time in statistics at the University of Munich....
, who was born eight hours before her in the same hospital.
Wagner has played with Schöpp for most of her international career. She was her lead at the 1980 European Curling Championships
European Curling Championships
The European Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments held in Europe between various European nations and hosted by the European Curling Federation. The European Curling Championships are usually held in early to mid December...
where they won the bronze medal. Since then Wagner has been both Schöpp's second and third. With Schöpp, Wagner has won a World Curling Championship in 1988, six European Curling Championships (1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995 and 2009) and an Olympic Gold medal (1992).
She was an alternate on the German team that won the 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship
European Mixed Curling Championship
The European Mixed Curling Championships is a mixed curling tournament held annually in the autumn for European nations. The first tournament was held in 2005.-Results:...
.
She was a member of the German team at the 1998
Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place at Karuizawa, who had hosted the equestrian events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The 1998 Nagano Olympics marked the first time that curling was held as an official Olympic sport...
and 2010 Winter Olympics
Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics
The curling competition of the 2010 Olympics was held at Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre in Vancouver. It is the fifth time that curling was on the Olympic program, after having been staged in 1924, 1998, 2002 and 2006...
.