Eva Maria "Katarina" Hultling (born 5 December 1954 in Stockholm; in marriage known as Hultling Sjöberg) is a Swedish sports journalist, television presenter and former curler.[1]

Katarina Hultling
Hultling in September 2015
Born
Eva Maria Hultling

(1954-12-05) 5 December 1954 (age 69)
Nationality Sweden
Other namesKatarina,
Eva Maria Hultling Sjöberg
Occupation(s)Journalist,
Television presenter,
Curler
Curling career
Team
Curling clubAmatörföreningens CK, Stockholm,
Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Curling career
Member Association Sweden
World Championship
appearances
2 (1979, 1982)
European Championship
appearances
4 (1979, 1981, 1982, 1983)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1979 Perth
Silver medal – second place 1982 Geneva
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1982 Kirkcaldy
Gold medal – first place 1983 Västerås
Silver medal – second place 1979 Varese
Silver medal – second place 1981 Grindelwald
Swedish Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1979
Gold medal – first place 1982

Biography edit

Hultling is the daughter of actor Arthur Hultling and grew up in Stockholm and Västerås. After attending Adolf Fredrik's music school and Adolf Fredrik's music high school, she began as an exchange telephonist at Hotel Reisen in Stockholm. She wanted to become an actress and applied for the Stage School, but did not enter. Instead, she was accepted to the School of Journalism and then began as a reporter on Radio Värmland.[2]

Hultling has a great sporting interest and has played curling at the elite level for many years. In 1982 and 1983 she was a member of Team Högström.[3] In 1992 she ran the New York Marathon.

In 1999, she released a record with her own children's songs, Victor's Visor.[4][5]

Journalism career edit

Later Hultling started her work on national radio and read news telegrams. After reporting from the 1985 World Championships, she started at the Radio Sport at SR. She went on to the SVT's Sports News in 1985.[6] During the second half of 1987, she became the program manager for TV's news magazine "20:00". From 1989 to 1992 she did the annual program "The Year with the Royal Family" (Swedish: Året med kungafamiljen) and also reported from the Nobel Dinner. In 1993 she returned to the sports editorial department and has done programs such as Sportnytt, Sportspegeln and Lilla Sportspegeln.

On 23 December 2007 she made her final broadcast in the Sports Mirror, following over 1,600 programs.[6] She has since switched to TV4 as a curling and figure skating commentator.[7]

Private life edit

In June 1987, Hultling married radio reporter Claes Sjöberg. They adopted a son in 1990. In the mid-1990s, she met her current partner Albert Svanberg.[8][9]

Hultling has publicly stated that she has breast cancer. In SVT's talk program Skavlan, in March 2012 she told about the disease and exposed her bare head.[6]

Curling career edit

She is a two-time World silver medallist, a two-time European champion, Swedish women's and mixed champion.

In 1982, she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.

Teams edit

Women's edit

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1978–79 Birgitta Törn Katarina Hultling Susanne Gynning-Ödling Gunilla Bergman WCC 1979  
1979–80 Birgitta Törn Katarina Hultling Susanne Gynning-Ödling Gunilla Bergman ECC 1979  
1981–82 Elisabeth Högström Katarina Hultling Birgitta Sewik Karin Sjögren ECC 1981  
SWCC 1982  
WCC 1982  
1982–83 Elisabeth Högström Katarina Hultling Birgitta Sewik Karin Sjögren ECC 1982  
1983–84 Elisabeth Högström Katarina Hultling Birgitta Sewik Karin Sjögren ECC 1983  

Mixed edit

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1982 Pelle Lindeman Katarina Hultling Håkan Ståhlbro Birgitta Sewik SMxCC 1982  

References edit

  1. ^ Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Damer – Svenska Curlingförbundet Archived 2019-09-09 at the Wayback Machine(in Swedish) (Swedish female national curlers; look at "Hultling, Katarina")
  2. ^ P4 Värmland | Sveriges Radio Archived 2019-10-25 at the Wayback Machine(in Swedish)
  3. ^ Kommenterar simhopp | SVT.se Archived 2019-08-17 at the Wayback Machine(in Swedish)
  4. ^ "Victors visor by Katarina Hultling on Spotify". Archived from the original on 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  5. ^ Victors visor – Katarina Hultling at AllMusic
  6. ^ a b c "Katarina Hultling om cancern..." Aftonbladet (in Swedish). June 5, 2012. Archived from the original on March 25, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  7. ^ "SVT-profilen byter kanal till TV4". Expressen. December 9, 2011. Archived from the original on March 25, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2013.(in Swedish)
  8. ^ Katarina Hultling 50 år Archived 2015-10-05 at the Wayback Machine. Helsingborgs Dagblad, Monica Frinne/TT, December 5, 2004. Läst 5 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Jag såg cancern som ett jobb" Archived November 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Eyal Sharon Krafft, December 2, 2014.

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