Anton Igorevich Kalalb (russian: Антон Игоревич Калалб; born March 16, 1988) is a Russian curler from

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. Kalalb was a member of the Russian team at the 2010, 2012 and 2014

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. He was the alternate on the Russian team in both 2010 and 2012. At the

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he played in all nine games for the team, which was skipped by

Andrey Drozdov Andrey Anatolyevich Drozdov (russian: Андрей Анатольевич Дроздов; born 23 February 1988) is a Russian curler from Zelenograd. He skips one of the Russian national teams, and is the first Russian men's skip to ever play in ...

and finished 9th. At the

2012 European Curling Championships The 2012 European Curling Championships was held from December 7 to 15 at the Löfbergs Lila Arena and the Karlstad Curling Club in Karlstad, Sweden. The Group A competitions was held at the Löfbergs Lila Arena, while the Group B competitions wa ...

he would play in three games for the team, which finished fifth. At the

2014 European Curling Championships The 2014 European Curling Championships were held November 22 to 29 at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, Switzerland. Switzerland last hosted the European Curling Championships in 2010, when it was also held in Champéry. The Group C com ...

, he played lead for

Evgeny Arkhipov Evgeny Valeryevich Arkhipov (russian: Евгений Валерьевич Архипов; born January 4, 1992) is a Russian curler from Moscow. He currently skips the Russian national curling team and skips a different rink on the World Curli ...

, finishing sixth. The placement qualified the team to represent Russia at the

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. At the 2015 Worlds, the Russian team finished last. Kalalb also played in the

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as the alternate. He would play in two games, and the team finished in 10th. Also in 2015, Kalalb was a member of the Russian team (skipped by Arkhipov) that won a silver medal at the

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. He was also a member of the Russian team at the 2011 European Mixed Curling Championship, which finished 13th.

Personal life

Kalalb is married.2019 World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide: Team Russia

References

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* Russian male curlers Curlers from Moscow Living people 1988 births Universiade medalists in curling Curlers from Saint Petersburg Universiade silver medalists for Russia Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade Sportspeople from Sochi Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for Russia {{Russia-curling-bio-stub