Kasper Wiksten
Kasper Wiksten | |
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Born | 9 June 1980 |
Team | |
Curling club | Esbjerg Curling Klub, Esbjerg, Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre, DEN[1] |
Skip | Tobias Thune |
Third | Kasper Wiksten |
Second | Oliver Rosenkrands Søe |
Lead | Daniel Poulsen |
Alternate | Mikkel Krause |
Mixed doubles partner | Natalie Wiksten |
Curling career ![]() | |
Member Association | ![]() |
World Championship appearances | 2 (2021, 2022) |
World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances | 1 (2017) |
European Championship appearances | 3 (2018, 2019, 2021 |
Olympic appearances | 1 (2022) |
Other appearances | World Junior Championships: 4 (1996, 1998, 2000) |
Kasper Wiksten (born 9 June 1980, in Hvidovre Municipality) is a Danish curler.[2]
At the national level, he is Danish men's champion curler (2020), Danish mixed doubles champion curler (2020) and a four-time Danish junior champion curler (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000).[3]
Teams
[edit]Men's
[edit]Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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1995–96 | Johnny Frederiksen | Bo Jensen | Lars Vilandt | Lars Nissen | Kasper Wiksten | DJCC 1996 ![]() WJCC 1996 (9th) | |
1997–98 | Kasper Wiksten | Kenneth Daucke Andersen | Tim Kronholm | Sune Frederiksen | Mikael Lohman Jensen (WJCC) | DJCC 1998 ![]() WJCC 1998 (9th) | |
1998–99 | Casper Bossen | Kasper Wiksten | Kenneth Daucke | Kim Sylvest | Sune Frederiksen | DJCC 1999 ![]() | |
1999–00 | Kasper Wiksten | Casper Bossen | Kim Sylvest Nielsen | Sune Frederiksen | Morten Bærentsen | Olle Brudsten (WJCC), Finn Nielsen (WJCC) | DJCC 2000 ![]() WJCC 2000 (4th) |
2016–17 | Ulrik Damm | Kasper Wiksten | Daniel Abrahamsen | Kasper Jørgensen | |||
2017–18 | Ulrik Damm | Kasper Wiksten | Daniel Abrahamsen | Kasper Jørgensen | |||
2018–19 | Daniel Poulsen | Kasper Wiksten | Tobias Engelhard Rasmussen | Daniel Munk Buchholt | Mads Nørgård | Mikael Qvist | ECC 2018 (11th) |
Ulrik Damm | Kasper Wiksten | Daniel Abrahamsen | Kasper Jørgensen | Daniel Buchholt | Mikael Qvist | WQE 2019 (7 место) | |
2019–20 | Mikkel Krause | Mads Nørgård | Tobias Engelhardt | Henrik Holtermann | Kasper Wiksten | Gert Larsen | ECC 2019 (4th) |
Tobias Thune | Kasper Wiksten | Daniel Poulsen | Oliver Søe | DMCC 2020 ![]() | |||
2020–21 | Mikkel Krause (fourth) | Tobias Thune | Mads Nørgård (skip) | Kasper Wiksten | Oliver Rosenkrands Søe | Kenneth Hertsdahl | WCC 2021 (11th) |
2021–22 | Mikkel Krause | Mads Nørgård | Henrik Holtermann | Kasper Wiksten | Tobias Thune | Kenneth Hertsdahl, Jasmin Lander (ECC) | ECC 2021 (6th) OQE 2021 ![]() |
Mixed doubles
[edit]Season | Female | Male | Coach | Events |
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2016–17 | Natalie Asp Wiksten | Kasper Wiksten | Per Svensen | WMDCC 2017 (30th) |
2017–18 | Natalie Wiksten | Kasper Wiksten | ||
2018–19 | Natalie Wiksten | Kasper Wiksten | ||
2019–20 | Natalie Wiksten | Kasper Wiksten | DMDCC 2020 ![]() | |
2020–21 | Natalie Wiksten | Kasper Wiksten | ||
2021–22 | Natalie Wiksten | Kasper Wiksten | ||
2022–23 | Natalie Wiksten | Kasper Wiksten | DMDCC 2023 (4th) |
Personal life
[edit]His daughter Natalie Wiksten[5] is also a curler; together they played on World mixed doubles championship 2017 (12-y.o. Natalie was the youngest player in history of all "adult" world curling championships) and won gold on 2020 Danish MD championship.[6][7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "2021 BKT Tires-OK Tires World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ Kasper Wiksten on the World Curling database
- ^ Junior DM - Herrer | Hvidovre Curling Club(in Danish)
- ^ 2020 Danish Mixed Doubles Championship - Curlingzone
- ^ Natalie Asp Wiksten on the World Curling database
- ^ Marissa Payne (29 April 2017). "'It's a fairy tale that won't stop': 12-year-old curler and dad dream of Olympic berth". The Washington Post.
- ^ DEN Wiksten/Wiksten – Göteborgs Curlingklubb(in Swedish)
- ^ Nick Zaccardi (1 May 2017). "12-year-old competes at world curling championship - OlympicTalk". NBC Sports.
External links
[edit]- Kasper Wiksten at World Curling
- Kasper Wiksten at Olympics.com
- Kasper Wiksten at Olympedia
- Kasper Wiksten on Facebook
- Wiksten, Kasper | Nordic Junior Curling Tour (as a coach)
- Kasper Wiksten og - Go-Talent DK