Malene Krause
Malene Krause is a Danish curler and curling coach. She is a four-time Olympian, having competed in the curling exhibition events in 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics|1992], and then the full curling events in 2002 and 2006. Her best Olympic result was a fourth-place finish in 1992, when her team lost the Curling at the 1992 Winter Olympics#Bronze [medal game 2|bronze medal match] to Canada. Krause also competed in 14 World Championships and 14 European Championships, earning medals three times and five times, respectively. Her team's best finish was winning the gold medal at the 1994 European Curling Championships.
She is the mother of former World Junior Champion Mikkel Krause, skip of Denmark's team at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.