In context
- When
- Wednesday, November 26 199729 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1990s
- Recorded from
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- Person
- Jennie Wåhlin
At a glance
Born 1997-11-26.
Known as: curler. Citizenship: Sweden.
Listed as: human.
Who they were
Jennie Frances Wåhlin is a Swedish curler from Huddinge. She was a longtime member of Team Isabella Wranå. She won a gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics as alternate for the Anna Hasselborg team.
Path and career
Career Juniors Wåhlin played in the World Junior Curling Championships in 2014 , 2015 , 2017 and 2018 as a member of Team Isabella Wranå . In 2014, her team of Wranå, Elin Lövstrand , Almida de Val and Fanny Sjöberg had a fourth-place finish, after they lost in the bronze medal game to Russia. In 2015, she and teammates Wranå, Wåhlin, Johanna Heldin and Johanna Höglund again finished fourth after this time losing to Switzerland in the bronze medal game.
Why this date
Jennie Wåhlin appears on our November 26 calendar for 1997 as a birth entry.
November 26 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1997Jennie Wåhlin
- 20082008 Mumbai attacks
- 2008Queen Elizabeth 2
- 20112011 NATO attack in Pakistan
- 2011Mars Science Laboratory
- 2011Friendly fire
- 2011NASA
- 2018Uncrewed spacecraft
- 20192019 Albania earthquake
- 2021COVID-19 pandemic
- 2025Wang Fuk Court fire
Also in 1997
- May 11Deep Blue (chess computer)Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.
- September 11NASANASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
- September 11Kurkse tragedyKurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Ku…
- September 111997 Scottish devolution referendumAfter a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
- September 13German Air ForceA German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 and a United States Air Force Lockheed C-141 Starlifter collide in mid-air near Namibia, killing 33.
- September 14Howrah–Ahmedabad Superfast ExpressEighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
- September 18Ted TurnerUnited States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.
- September 18Ottawa TreatyThe Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
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