Kristian Lindström (born 4 November 1989) is a

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curler and coach, originally from

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Career

Juniors

As a junior curler, Lindström played in three

World Junior Curling Championships The World Junior Curling Championships are an annual curling bonspiel featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competitions for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1 ...

. His first was the

2007 World Junior Curling Championships The 2007 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 3 to 11 at Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, Minnesota. Men Teams Round-robin standings ''Final round-robin standings'' Round-robin results Draw 1 ''Saturday, March 3, 14:00'' D ...

playing alternate for the

Niklas Edin Johan Niklas Edin (born 6 July 1985) is a Swedish curler. He currently resides in Karlstad, which has been his curling home base since 2008. He holds several sport distinctions. He is the first and the only skip in World Curling Federation (WCF ...

team which won a silver medal at the event. Lindström then played in the

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throwing last stones for

Oskar Eriksson Oskar Ingemar Eriksson (born 29 May 1991) is a Swedish curler from Karlstad. He currently plays third for the Niklas Edin rink. He is the first curler in history to win four Olympic medals – gold, silver, and two bronze – and the first to ...

's team. The team finished in fourth place after losing to the United States in both the playoffs and the bronze medal game. The Eriksson rink would return to the World Juniors in 2011 with Lindström continuing to throw last stones. The team ran through the round robin in first place, with just one loss before winning both of their playoff games, including the final against Switzerland's

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. Lindström was also a member of the Eriksson rink (this time as third) at the

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where they won a gold medal.

Men's

On the

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, Lindström won three events as a member of the Eriksson rink, the 2009

Radisson SAS Oslo Cup The Oslo Cup (formerly the Norway Cup, the Radisson SAS Oslo Cup, the Weber Oslo Cup and the Radisson Blu Oslo Cup) is an annual curling tournament, held in September in Bærum, a suburb of Oslo. It is one of the events on the Nordic Curling Tou ...

, the

2012 Swiss Cup Basel The 2012 Swiss Cup Basel was held from October 4 to 7 at the Curlingzentrum Region Basel in Arlesheim, Switzerland as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple-knockout format, and the purse for the event was C ...

and the 2013 European Masters. The team has played in two

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events, the 2013 Canadian Open of Curling where they went 1–4, and the 2014 Syncrude National where they made it to the quarter final. The team represented Sweden 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 ...

, where they won a silver medal. Lindström and Eriksson joined the

rink in 2014, with Lindström playing second on the team. The team found immediate success with their new lineup, winning gold 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 ...

and at the

2015 World Men's Curling Championship The 2015 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 28 to April 5 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It marked the first time that a ...

. They struggled on the tour though, winning just one event, the 2015 European Masters. The team played in four slams that season, failing to qualify in three of them. They did however make it to the final of the 2015 Elite 10. The team started the next season by winning the 2015 Baden Masters, and then won another gold medal at the

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. The team played in all seven slams that season, making it only as far as the quarterfinals in four events. They played in the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship, finishing sixth. After the season, Lindström left the team to form his own rink. In 2014 he was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.

Coaching

Lindström also coached the Spanish women's team 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 ...

as well as the Scottish team at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship.

Mixed

He skipped the Swedish mixed team at the

2016 World Mixed Curling Championship The 2016 World Mixed Curling Championship was held from October 14 to 22 at the Sport Palace in Kazan, Russia. Among the 37 participating nations, Andorra, Croatia, South Korea and the Netherlands debuted on this event, while China, Israel and L ...

Personal life

Lindström's brother

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plays for the Steffen Walstad rink in Norway. He currently lives in

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References

External links

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Team Eriksson player profile
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