- Niklas Edin
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Niklas Edin Born July 6, 1985
Örnsköldsvik, SwedenTeam Curling club Karlstads CK, Karlstad Skip Niklas Edin Third Sebastian Kraupp Second Fredrik Lindberg Lead Viktor Kjäll Alternate Oskar Eriksson Career World Championship
appearances1 (2006) European Championship
appearances1 (2009) Medal record Curling World Championships Bronze 2011 Regina European Championships Gold 2009 Aberdeen World Junior Championships Gold 2004 Trois-Rivières Silver 2005 Pinerolo Silver 2006 Jeonju Silver 2007 Eveleth European Mixed Championship Silver 2005 Andorra Bronze 2008 Kitzbühel Universiade Gold 2009 Harbin Niklas Edin (born July 6, 1985) is a Swedish curler.[1] He is one of the top skips in Sweden.
In 2004 Edin skipped his Swedish team to a World Junior Curling Championship title. In the final Sweden defeated Stefan Rindlisbacher of Switzerland. The following year he was an alternate for the silver medal winning Swedish team at the Juniors skipped by Carlsén. That same year Edin was the skip of the Swedish team that won a silver medal at the European Mixed Curling Championship. In 2006, Edin won a silver medal at that year's World Junior Championships. He played third for Carlsén. The team also qualified for the 2006 World Men's Curling Championship and they finished in fifth place. In 2007, Edin won another Silver medal at the World Junior Championships.
After juniors, Edin quickly became one of the top skips in the country, filling the void of the retiring Peja Lindholm. In 2009, he won a gold medal at the Winter Universiade. Later in the year, he won a gold medal at the 2009 European Curling Championships, in his first event. This made him a medal threat at the 2010 Winter Olympics. However, he skipped Sweden to a fourth place finish, losing the bronze medal game to Switzerland.
Edin's 2010-11 season was somewhat successful. At the 2011 European Curling Championships, his Swedish team failed to make the playoffs, but made up on this by winning a bronze medal at the 2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship. On the World Curling Tour, Edin made it to two Grand Slam quarter finals, and became the first non-Canadian skip to make it to a men's Grand Slam final, at the 2011 Players' Championship where he lost to Kevin Martin.
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Grand Slam Record
Event 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 World Cup DNP DNP DNP QF QF The National DNP DNP DNP DNP QF Canadian Open Q DNP DNP DNP DNP Players' DNP DNP DNP QF F Key
- C - Champion
- F - Lost final
- SF - Lost semi final
- QF - Lost quarter final
- Q - Did not make playoffs
- DNP - Did not participate in event
Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events 2005-06 Nils Carlsén Niklas Edin Marcus Hasselborg Manne Allberg 2006-07 Nils Carlsén Niklas Edin Marcus Hasselborg Manne Allberg 2007-08 Nils Carlsén Niklas Edin Marcus Hasselborg Manne Allberg 2008-09 Niklas Edin Sebastian Kraupp Fredrik Lindberg Viktor Kjäll 2009-10 Niklas Edin Sebastian Kraupp Fredrik Lindberg Viktor Kjäll Oskar Eriksson Vancouver Olympics External links
References
- ^ "Niklas Edin". http://www.worldcurlingtour.com/player.php?playerid=11007. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
Categories:- Swedish curlers
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- People from Örnsköldsvik Municipality
- Olympic curlers of Sweden
- Swedish winter sports biography stubs
- Curling biography stubs
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