Kasper Wiksten

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Kasper Wiksten
Curler
 ♂
Born (1980-06-09) 9 June 1980 (age 41)
Hvidovre
Team
Curling clubEsbjerg Curling Klub, Esbjerg,
,
Hvidovre, DEN[1]
SkipMikkel Krause
ThirdMads Nørgård
SecondHenrik Holtermann
LeadKasper Wiksten
AlternateTobias Thune
Mixed doubles
partner
Career
Member Association Denmark
World Championship
appearances		1 (2021)
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances		1 (2017)
European Championship
appearances		3 (2018, 2019, 2021
Olympic
appearances		1 (2022)
Other appearancesWorld 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), curler (2020) and a four-time curler (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000).[3]

Teams[]

Men's[]

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1995–96 Johnny Frederiksen Bo Jensen Lars Vilandt Kasper Wiksten 1996 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WJCC 1996 (9th)
1997–98 Kasper Wiksten Kenneth Daucke Andersen (WJCC) DJCC 1998 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WJCC 1998 (9th)
1998–99 Kasper Wiksten Kenneth Daucke Sune Frederiksen DJCC 1999 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1999–00 Kasper Wiksten Casper Bossen Kim Sylvest Nielsen Sune Frederiksen Olle Brudsten (WJCC),
(WJCC)		 DJCC 2000 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WJCC 2000 (4th)
2016–17 Ulrik Damm Kasper Wiksten
2017–18 Ulrik Damm Kasper Wiksten Daniel Abrahamsen Kasper Jørgensen
2018–19 Kasper Wiksten Mads Nørgård ECC 2018 (11th)
Ulrik Damm Kasper Wiksten Daniel Abrahamsen Kasper Jørgensen Mikael Qvist WQE 2019 (7 место)
2019–20 Mikkel Krause Mads Nørgård Henrik Holtermann Kasper Wiksten Gert Larsen ECC 2019 (4th)
Tobias Thune Kasper Wiksten Daniel Poulsen DMCC 2020 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2020–21 Mikkel Krause (fourth) Tobias Thune Mads Nørgård (skip) Kasper Wiksten 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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Mixed doubles[]

Season Female Male Coach Events
2016–17 Kasper Wiksten WMDCC 2017 (30th)
2017–18 Kasper Wiksten
2018–19 Natalie Wiksten Kasper Wiksten
2019–20 Natalie Wiksten Kasper Wiksten 2020 1st place, gold medalist(s)[4]
2020–21 Natalie Wiksten Kasper Wiksten

Personal life[]

His daughter [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[]

  1. ^ "2021 BKT Tires-OK Tires World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  2. ^ Kasper Wiksten on the World Curling Federation database Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Junior DM - Herrer | Hvidovre Curling Club(in Danish)
  4. ^ 2020 Danish Mixed Doubles Championship - Curlingzone
  5. ^ Natalie Asp Wiksten on the World Curling Federation database
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ DEN Wiksten/Wiksten – Göteborgs Curlingklubb(in Swedish)
  8. ^ Nick Zaccardi (1 May 2017). "12-year-old competes at world curling championship - OlympicTalk". NBC Sports.

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