Gustav Anders Emil Eskilsson (born 2 January 1992 in Skellefteå) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

curler.

Career

Juniors

Eskilsson represented Sweden in two World Junior Curling Championships. At the

2010 World Junior Curling Championships The 2010 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 5 to 14 at the Waldhaus Arena in Flims, Switzerland. Men Teams Round Robin Standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Round Robin Results Draw 1 ''Saturday, March 6, 14:00'' ...

, he played third for Team Sweden, skipped by

Patric Mabergs Bygg Mats Patric Mabergs (born 18 February 1992 in Malung) is a Swedish curler. (look for "Mabergs, Patric") He is a 2014 European mixed curling champion and a two-time Swedish mixed curling champion (2014, 2017). Teams Men's Mixed Perso ...

. The team went 4–5, missing the playoffs. The Mabergs rink returned to the Juniors in 2013. They finished the round robin with a 6–5 record, in fourth place. They went on to lose in the 3 vs. 4 game and in the bronze medal game, settling for 4th place. Eskilsson represented Sweden again at the

2015 Winter Universiade The 2015 Winter Universiade, the XXVII Winter Universiade, was a multi sport winter event held in Granada, Spain and Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia. On 14 March 2009, FISU announced that the host would be Granada because they were the only bid. On 25 J ...

. This time, Eskilsson would skip the team, but throw third rocks while Mabergs continued to throw last stones. The team, which also represented Umeå University, finished the round robin with a 6–5 record in 4th place. However, they lost to Norway in the semifinal and to Great Britain in the bronze medal game.

Mixed

Eskilsson played for Sweden at the

2013 European Mixed Curling Championship The 2013 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from September 14 to 21 at the Murrayfield Curling Rink in Edinburgh, Scotland. Due to an issue with the ice chilling plant, play was postponed from Saturday night until Sunday night. Germany' ...

. He would skip the team, but throw third stones (with

Towe Lundman Towe Marianne Lundman (born 18 December 1992 in Uppsala) is a Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily ...

throwing last rocks). The team would finish with a 5–2 record in group play, but lost in the quarterfinal to Finland.

Men's

Eskilsson was invited to be Sweden's alternate at the

2014 World Men's Curling Championship The 2014 World Men's Curling Championship was held from March 29 to April 6 at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. Norway's Thomas Ulsrud defeated Sweden's Oskar Eriksson in the final with a score of 8–3, securing his first world tit ...

. The team, skipped by Oskar Eriksson, would win the silver medal. Eskilsson just played in one game. On the World Curling Tour, Eskilsson has been skipping a team since 2013, with Mabergs throwing last stones. The team won their first Tour event at the 2016 Harbin International Men's Championship.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eskilsson, Gustav Living people Swedish male curlers 1992 births People from Skellefteå Municipality Universiade medalists in curling Universiade silver medalists for Sweden Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade 21st-century Swedish people Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade