Niklas Edin

Niklas Edin
Born	(1985-07-06) July 6, 1985 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
Team
Curling club	Karlstads CK, Karlstad, Sweden
Skip	Niklas Edin
Third	Sebastian Kraupp
Second	Fredrik Lindberg
Lead	Viktor Kjäll
Alternate	Oskar Eriksson
Career
World Championship appearances	4 (2006, 2011, 2012, 2013)
European Championship appearances	4 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Medal record Curling Olympic Games Bronze 2014 Sochi World Championships Gold 2013 Victoria Bronze 2011 Regina Bronze 2012 Basel European Championships Gold 2009 Aberdeen Gold 2012 Karlstad Silver 2011 Moscow 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. He is a reigning World and European champion in curling.

Career

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.

At the 2013 World Championship, Edin claimed his first gold medal. This was the first time Sweden had won a world title since 2004.

Grand Slam Record

Event	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14
Masters / World Cup	DNP	DNP	DNP	QF	QF	SF	Q	QF
Canadian Open	Q	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	SF	DNP	Q
The National	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	QF	QF	QF	Q
Players'	DNP	DNP	DNP	QF	F	DNP	Q

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
2003–04	Niklas Edin	Nils Carlsén	Jörgen Granberg	Fredrik Lindberg	Anders Eriksson	WJCC
2005–06	Nils Carlsén	Niklas Edin	Marcus Hasselborg	Manne Allberg		WJCC, WCC
2006–07	Niklas Edin Nils Carlsén	Marcus Hasselborg Niklas Edin	Manne Allberg Marcus Hasselborg	Fredrik Lindberg Manne Alberg	Kristian Lindström	WJCC WCT
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	ECC, OG
2010–11	Niklas Edin	Sebastian Kraupp	Fredrik Lindberg	Viktor Kjäll	Oskar Eriksson	ECC, WCC
2011–12	Niklas Edin	Sebastian Kraupp	Fredrik Lindberg	Viktor Kjäll	Oskar Eriksson	ECC, WCC
2012–13	Niklas Edin	Sebastian Kraupp	Fredrik Lindberg	Viktor Kjäll	Oskar Eriksson	ECC, WCC

External links

• World Curling Federation profile