Niklas Edin

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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)

Niklas Edin (born July 6, 1985) is a Swedish curler.[1] 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 [2]

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
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

References

  1. "Niklas Edin". Retrieved 5 February 2009. 
  2. Edin is World Champ. Curling Scoops.
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