Thomas Håkansson

Thomas Håkansson
Thomas Håkansson
Curler ♂
Born	October 19, 1957 (age 64)
Team
Curling club	IF Göta, Karlstad,; Karlstads CK, Karlstad,; ,; Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Career
Member Association	Sweden ; Nova Scotia (1984-present)
Brier appearances	1985, 1988
World Championship; appearances	1 (1980)
European Championship; appearances	1 ()
Other appearances	World Junior Championships: 1 (1978)
Medal record
Curling
European Championships
Swedish Men's Championship
World Junior Championships

Per Thomas Håkansson^[1]^[2] (born October 19, 1957) is a Swedish and Canadian curler,^[3] a and two-time Swedish men's champion (1976, 1980).

His team won the 1976 Sweden men's championship, but it was decided that the team members were too young for the World Championship, so team Bengt Cederwall (skip)^[4] went to the 1976 Worlds instead.

He would later move to Canada, and played in the 1985 and 1988 Labatt Brier for Nova Scotia.

Awards[]

Ross Harstone Sportsmanship Award: 1988

Teams[]

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Events
Sweden
1975–76		Thomas Håkansson	Per Lindeman	Lars Lindgren	SMCC 1976
1976–77	Jens Håkansson	Thomas Håkansson	Per Lindeman	Lars Lindgren
1977–78	Thomas Håkansson	Per Lindeman	Lars Lindgren		SJCC 1978 WJCC 1978
1979–80	Ragnar Kamp	Håkan Ståhlbro	Thomas Håkansson	Lars Lindgren	SMCC 1980 WMCC 1980 (4th)
Canada
1984–85	Tom Hakansson				Brier 1985 (T7th)
1987–88	Thomas Hakansson				Brier 1988 (5th)

Personal life[]

Håkansson is a member of a family of curlers. His father Stig is a 1968 Swedish men's champion, his brother Lars-Erik is a 1971 Swedish champion, and his nephew (Lars-Erik's son) Patric Håkansson (Klaremo)^[5] played for Sweden in the 2005 World Men's Championship.