Eric Carlsén

Eric Carlsén (born June 16, 1982) is a Swedish curler from Sundsvall, Sweden. Playing for Härnösand Curling Club, he was the Swedish national Champion for 2005 and represented Sweden as skip at the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.^[1] His team finished 9th. He is a two time silver medalist in the World Junior Curling Championships, winning silver in 2002 and 2003.^[2] He had a fifth place finish at the 2001 Juniors. In 2008 he won the Swedish Mixed Championships together with Niklas Edin, Anette Norberg and Anna Hasselborg. The win giving them the right to represent Sweden at the European Mixed Curling Championship held in Kitzbuhel, Austria. After the Round Robin they had an impressing 7-0 Record. They lost the semifinal against Germany ending up with a Bronze medal after beating Russia 6-4 in the Bronze Medal game.

His 2009-10 teammates were Per Carlsén (Skip), Nils Carlsén (Third/Second), Niklas Berggren (lead) and Mikael Norberg (lead/Third). That team won the Swedish Super League Championship 2009-2010 after defeating Niklas Edin, of Karlstad 6-5 in the final. He represented Sweden at the 2010 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy where Sweden finished with a 4-7 record in 8th place.

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