Height 1.79 m Role Curler | Name Fredrik Lindberg Weight 76 kg | |
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Born February 2, 1986 (age 38)
Upplands-Bro, Upplands-Bro Municipality, Sweden ( 1986-02-02 ) European Championship
appearances 5 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) Olympic medals Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament Similar People Sebastian Kraupp, Viktor Kjall, Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, E J Harnden | ||
World Championship
appearances 3 (2011, 2012, 2013) Olympic
appearances 2 (2010, 2014) | ||
Fredrik lindberg 10 5 km on water with his polaris iq
Bengt Fredrik Lindberg (born February 2, 1986) is a Swedish curler from Karlstad. Lindberg grew up in Östersund.
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From 2006 until 2008 he played both Third and Second positions for Sebastian Kraupp. In 2009 he and Kraupp joined Niklas Edin's team with Lindberg throwing Second stones.
At their first major tournament, the 2009 Aberdeen European Championships, Fredrik Lindberg and his team pulled off several upsets against established senior teams including reigning 2009 World Bronze Medalists Team Ulsrud from Norway. The lost just two matches in the round robin portion and went on to win both of their Playoff matches defeating Team Switzerland in the Gold Medal match.
Lindberg and his team represented Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada where they placed fourth.
Since the 2010 Olympics, the Edin team won the 2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, the 2012 European Curling Championships, won silver at the 2011 European Curling Championships and bronze medals at the 2011 and 2012 World Curling Championships.
Coaching career
After his retirement from curling to focus on his relationship with fellow curler Alison Kreviazuk in 2014, he remained a part of team Edin, but now as the official team coach. Peja Lindholm then became the Swedish national coach.
Teammates
2009 Aberdeen European Championships
2010 Vancouver Olympic Games
Niklas Edin, Skip
Sebastian Kraupp, Third
Viktor Kjäll, Lead
Oskar Eriksson, Alternate