Martin Sesaker (born 9 May 1994) is a Norwegian curler from

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. He currently plays

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on the Norwegian men's curling team.

Career

Sesaker made his international début for Norway at the

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, throwing fourth stones on the team, skipped by Markus Skogvold. The team finished pool play with a 3–4 record, putting them in a tie with China. The team went on to beat China in a tiebreaker game, but lost in the quarter-finals to Sweden. Sesaker was then paired with

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of South Korea for the mixed doubles competition. The team made it all the way to the final where they faced off against the pair of

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of Switzerland and Nicole Muskatewitz of Germany. In the final, Sesaker and Kim were downed 13–2, settling for silver. The following season, Sesaker joined the Norwegian junior men's team, playing

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on the team, which was skipped by Eirik Mjøen. The team played in the

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, where they finished in fifth place, with a 5–4 record. The following year, Sesaker played as the team's alternate at the

2014 World Junior Curling Championships The 2014 World Junior Curling Championships were held from February 26 to March 5 at the Waldhaus Arena in Flims, Switzerland. Men Teams The teams are listed as follows: Round-robin standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Round-robin resu ...

. The team finished the round-robin in first place with a 7–2 record. In the playoffs however, they lost both the 1 vs. 2 games to Scotland, then the semifinal to Switzerland, before rebounding in the bronze medal game against Canada, which they won 7–5. Sesaker played in four games at the event. Sesaker was promoted to the team's third at the

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. The team, now skipped by Gaute Nepstad finished the round-robin with a 4–5 record, finishing in sixth place, and out of the playoffs. After juniors, Sesaker played in

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, playing for Norway at both the

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and 2018 World Mixed Curling Championships. Sesaker threw the second stone on the team, which was skipped by Ingvild Skaga. At the 2017 World Mixed, the team topped their pool with a 5–2 record. In the playoffs, they made it as far as the semifinals where they lost to Canada. They then lost in the bronze medal game to the Czech Republic, settling for fourth. At the 2018 World Mixed, they topped their pool again with a 6–1 record, and once again made it as far as the semifinals, where they lost to Canada. They then lost in the bronze medal game again, this time to Russia. Sesaker played third for Norway at the

2019 Winter Universiade The 2019 Winter Universiade (russian: Зимняя Универсиада 2019), the XXIX Universiade, was a multi-sport event for student and youth athletes which took place from 2 to 12 March 2019 in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk. The 2019 W ...

. The team, which was skipped by

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finished the round-robin with a 5–4 record. The team then went on to win all of their playoff games to claim the gold medal. Sesaker continued to play for the Ramsfjell rink the following season, winning the 2020

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. The Ramsfjell Universiade championship rink re-united for the

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, and won the 2022

. It was Sesakers's first national men's championship. The team was chosen to represent Norway at the

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, where they finished in 10th with a 5–7 record. That season, the team also won the 2021

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event. During the

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, the team won the Norwegian men's championship again and won the 2022

Curling Masters Champéry The Curling Masters Champéry is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, Switzerland. The tournament is held in a triple-knockout format and is part of the World Curling Tour. The t ...

World Curling Tour event. They also played in the 2022 Masters and 2023 Canadian Open

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events. They made it to the semifinals of the Masters and failed to qualify for the playoffs in the Canadian Open. The team was chosen to represent Norway once again at the 2023 World Men's Curling Championship, where they went 10–2 in the round robin. This put the team in the playoffs, where they lost to Italy (skipped by

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) in the qualification game. The following week, the team played in the

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, where they went 2–3, missing the playoffs.

Personal life

Sesaker works as a construction worker and icemaker.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sesaker, Martin Living people 1994 births Norwegian male curlers Sportspeople from Oslo Sportspeople from Trondheim Universiade medalists in curling FISU World University Games gold medalists for Norway Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade 21st-century Norwegian people Curling ice makers Curlers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Youth Olympic silver medalists