Eriksson has now curled on 14 consecutive days and will have his first day off on Wednesday. Part of the Olympic program since 1998, curling is played out between two teams of four that slide 16 stones down a 30-metre stretch of ice. Edin also currently holds several records with his teammates Eriksson, Sundgren, and Wran, who formed the team that won four gold medals between 2018 and 2022. Apr 8, 2022. It's the second bronze medal for a Swedish women's curling team. In the bronze medal match, Switzerland (Peter de Cruz) playing their third game of the day having beaten the USA 76 in a play-off at 11 am local time before losing 113 to Edin's Sweden at 4 pm defeated Sergey Glukhov's Russian Curling Federation team 65 with a last-stone draw to the button. Sweden become just the second country after Canada to have won the title three times in a row. The Swedish Curling Federation, however, subsequently chose the team skipped by Oskar Eriksson, with future Team Edin members Christoffer Sundgren and Kristian Lindstrm, to represent Sweden at 2014 World Men's Curling Championship, after Team Eriksson had a successful and competitive year of their own on tour, securing a silver World Championship medal. Despite the challenge of returning without a competitive national championship, the team finished at the top of the leaderboard and was ranked first in the playoffs, defeating Team Mouat of Scotland in the final and winning the fourth gold medal for Edin and Eriksson and the third straight World Championship gold for the team - the first team to achieve this feat and to do so with the same four players. Niklas Edin is the only skip in history to skip teams to six World Men's Curling Championship gold medals and the first to do so at four consecutive World Men's Curling Championships (2013, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2022). The U.S., still had games against Italy (Tuesday night) and Denmark (Thursday morning), two teams with a combined record of 2-11 so far in the tournament. Tara and Tabitha Peterson are one of two sibling duos for USA Curling at the Olympics. 2013 In the spring of 2008, Edin moved to Karlstad along with Sebastian Kraupp, Fredrik Lindberg, and Viktor Kjll to form a new team, choosing the Karlstad Curling Club as their curling home. Edin, a two-time Olympic medallist, led his team to two victories on a busy final day of the Championships which saw five matches take place after the tournament was suspended late on Friday night due to positive coronavirus tests within the bio-secure bubble in Calgary. During 201617 curling season, Rasmus Wran became Team Edin's new second and the final member to join the current Team Edin. Visit our Community Guidelines for more information and details on how to adjust your email settings. The rink is made up of four players: the lead, the second, the third (also called the vice, vice-skip, or mate ), and the skip. Niklas Edins income source is mostly from being a successful Curler. The team also reached the quarterfinals in the Euro Super Series, as well as at the Masters and the National in the Grand Slam of Curling. His team also finished the season in first place on the Tour in terms of order-of-merit points and money won, becoming the first time a non-Canadian team won the Pinty's Cup. Team USA's mixed doubles curling squad is back in the win column. They again represented Sweden at the 2019 World Men's Curling Championship, winning the gold medal over Team Canada's Kevin Koe. During the 201516 curling season, Team Edin picked up their second straight European Curling Championship gold medal when they won the 2015 European Curling Championships, this time defeating Switzerland's Peter de Cruz in the final. After a last minute cancellation of the 2020 womens championship in Prince George, Canada, then a postponement of the 2021 edition which was originally slated for Schaffhausen, Switzerland in March, the womens teams are finally taking to the ice for the LGT World Womens Curling Championship 2021 in the Calgary bubble. 2007 On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [27][28] Later that same season, Team Edin became the first non-Canadian team to win the Tour Challenge and the Player's Championship. This also meant, however, that Team Edin was unable to defend their 2013 championship win. Following this defeat, the team defeated China's Liu Rui to win the bronze medal, giving Edin the first Olympic medal of his career. Theres a mystique about Niklas Edin, the kind of aura that comes with winning five world mens curling championships, including the last three. The Olympic silver medallists from the PyeongChang Olympics are making their return to the international stage for the first time since their fifth-place world finish in 2018. Team Edin was selected to participate in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Edin's team is the 3-time defending world champions. Team Edin had a slow start to the 201920 season but also reached new milestones as the season progressed. That means the pressure is on Edin in Beijing. Its a different stage, he said. I guess it puts a lot of extra pressure on you, because you dont get too many chances at these, he said in an interview in January. Edin becomes first skip to win five men's world championships, while Sweden is only second country to win three consecutive titles, (Top photo / thumbnail of Niklas Edin: WCF / Jeffrey Au). Very tight games and a lot of emotions out there, he said. When Edin won the 2016 WFG Masters, he became the first non-Canadian skip to win a men's Grand Slam event. This team has been competing in the bubble on-and-off since February and should be well adapted to the COVID-secure environment. Edin and Eriksson hold the most European Men's Curling Championship titles (seven) and share the record for most World Men's Curling Championship titles (six). Women. Weve seen that over the last number of years. Edin has played exclusively in the position of skip since 2007. Johan Niklas Edin (born 6 July 1985) is a Swedish curler. [45] In 2019, Edin, together with his teammates Eriksson and Sundgren, also became the first men's curlers to hold these same titles simultaneously in two separate calendar years (2015 and 2019). We have estimated Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. In December, the team also reached their tenth final at a Grand Slam of Curling event when they reached the final of the Boost National, losing to Team Brad Jacobs. Edin also skipped a new team in 2005 to a silver medal at the European Mixed Curling Championships, together with future longtime teammate Sebastian Kraupp. 1 Bruce Mouat) to be the favourites. Gold. During the 2010 Elite Series, however, they lost a tough final to their closest rivals, Team Carlsn, by the score of 6-5. The team lived up to expectations by winning the silver World Championship medal. FEELING THE LOVE Weve told you before about Canadian curlers Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman, who are competing on the mens and womens teams in Beijing and are engaged to be married in June. He holds several sport distinctions. The 201213 season became Edin's best season up until that point in time. Later that season, the team won its second bronze medal at the 2012 World Men's Curling Championship. Swedish skip Niklas Edin and teammate Oskar Erikkson were playing in their fourth Olympics, while all GBR players were playing in their first. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sweden finished in first place after the round-robin, with an 81 record but lost a tight match to the Great Britain team skipped by David Murdoch in the semi-final. While the team lost three round-robin games, they rallied in the playoffs defeating Finland, Canada and then their Norwegian rivals once again to pick up the championship. Sweden has already qualified for the semifinals and it looks like Edin will get a chance to improve on the bronze medal he won in 2014 and the silver he picked up in 2018 at the Olympics. It made the day a little special. Each player has specific duties: Lead: The lead throws the first two rocks of the end and then sweeps the next six. Stefania Constantini will be making her debut at skip after playing second for Diana Gaspari at the world championship in 2018. The hosts will be represented by two-time Canadian champions, skipped by Kerri Einarson. He currently resides in Karlstad, which has been his curling home base since 2008. Women's Teams Team Ackland Team Constantini Team Einarson Team Fujisawa Team Gim Team Hasselborg Team Homan Team Jggi Team Jones Team Keiser Team Ladouceur Team Lawes Team Peterson Team Scheidegger Team Tirinzoni Team Wran Men's Teams Team Bottcher Team Carruthers Team Dropkin Team Dunstone Team Edin Team Epping Team Flasch Team Gsgens 2023 National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. All rights reserved. At the end of the season, Sebastian Kraupp and Fredrik Lindberg announced that they were taking indeterminate breaks from curling and the team effectively disbanded. Sign up for the Newsletter. I love where were at, Hamilton said. At the 2010 European Curling Championships, his team was unable to secure a playoff spot but made up for this by winning a bronze medal at the 2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship. The final score was 5-4, a victory sealed by steady play by Sweden and one final bold attempt by Britain that just missed its mark. A national team thats as good as Niklas Edin or Bruce Mouat, its gonna be a challenge for Canada every time, Gushue said. We ask you to keep your comments relevant and respectful. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. 1999 That the gold came after a close match, Edin said, seemed in keeping with the Olympic tournament. In curling, the team you play on is called a rink. We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 6 July. It was determined that as the player had received both doses of a vaccine in his home country before the Championship, and had re-tested negative on Saturday, the risk in allowing him to take the ice was "very minimal", according to a World Curling statement. They also successfully defended their title at the Oslo Cup and repeated their Elite Series title win. This years field qualified through a unique qualification process that was put in place due to the cancellation of the 2020 edition of the championship. Team Tirinzoni claimed the bronze medals after defeating Alina Kovaleva at the Europeans in 2019. The dominant forces of the sport have been in North. Both four-player team skipsAnastasiia Kotova and Eduard Nikolovteamed up for the World Mixed Doubles Qualifier and finished fourth in their group with a 2-3 record. Team Sweden claimed bronze in the curling mixed doubles when Oskar Eriksson and Almida de Val enjoyed a 9-3 win over Team Great Britain at the National Aquatics Centre.. Niklas Edin has skipped the side since 2011 . In 2009 Edin was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame. Over that same time, Canada was represented by seven different teams. Theyve gone through it all multiple times.. Sweden men's curling best Italy, 9-3, in Session 3 of play. It was Edin's fourth career World championship, tying Ernie Richardson's record of four World championships as a skip. Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion and encourage all readers to share their views on our articles. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. I love that were in control of our own destiny. In 2007, Edin skipped yet another team at the World Junior Championships, winning his third silver junior championship medal and playing this time with his future teammates in the senior division Fredrik Lindberg and Kristian Lindstrm. Full list of gold, silver and bronze medallists as well as photos and videos of medal-winning moments. He currently resides in Karlstad, which has been his curling home base since 2008. Hasselborg skipped the Swedish national women's team at the 2014 European Curling Championships, leading her team to a 5th-place finish. 2019 Were kind of used to winning medals. A post shared by Niklas Edin (@niklasedin). Eight years after winning a bronze medal and four years after settling for silver, Sweden on Saturday finally has its first curling gold. GB beat Sweden 12-11 in extra end to set up final with Japan; Men's quartet also go for gold on Saturday against Sweden Team Edin then capped off the season by winning the World Championship gold medal at the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship. Team Edin had a slow start to the 201920 season but also reached new milestones as the season progressed. In January 2019, UNIQLO became the Main Olympic Partner and Official Clothing Partner for the Swedish Olympic and Paralympic teams. The Swiss, skipped by Silvana Tirinzoni, won their Nationals against Team Stern in February to qualify their spot at the world championship.