Rasmus Stjerne Hansen (born 26 May 1988 in

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) is a retired Danish curler. He is a former world junior champion and current Danish champion. He curls out of the

Hvidovre Curling Club Hvidovre is the main town in Hvidovre Municipality, Denmark. The town, a suburb of Copenhagen, is about 10 km southwest of the capital's center. It is the 2nd biggest suburb of Copenhagen, only beaten by Frederiksberg. History Hvidovre has ...

Career

Stjerne has participated in five World Junior Championships. He played as third for Kenneth Jørgensen in

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and

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, finishing outside of the playoffs in both years. He then skipped his own team at the World Juniors in

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, and

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, finishing fifth, fourth, and seventh, respectively. Then, in the

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, Stjerne and his team made the playoffs as the second-ranked team. They were defeated by Canada in the page 1 vs. 2 game, but rebounded with a win over the United States in the semifinal and defeated Canada in the final to win the gold medal. Stjerne skipped a team at the

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, and led his team to the playoffs. Stjerne defeated Germany's

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in the page 3 vs. 4 game and then edged Switzerland's

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won a close game over Stjerne, leaving him the silver medal. He was defeated by his father,

Tommy Stjerne Tommy Stjerne (born 20 July 1957 in Copenhagen) is a Danish curler. Stjerne curls out of Hvidovre Curling Club outside Copenhagen. He has represented Denmark in the 1977, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, and 1998 World Curling Championships. His best ...

, in a tournament that decided the Danish representatives at the 2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, and went with his father's team as their coach. Stjerne returned the next year at the

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, relegating him to the bronze medal game. However, Stjerne defeated Snítil in nine ends on his second try, earning the bronze medal. Stjerne represented Denmark at the 2012 World Men's Curling Championship in

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, where Denmark finished outside of the playoffs. Later that year, he led Denmark to a 4th-place finish 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 followed this up by placing 4th at the 2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, and again finishing 4th at the

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. Stjerne skipped Denmark at the

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, leading the team to a 6th-place finish with a 4-5 record. In his return to Basel to represent Denmark at the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship, Stjerne led his rink to a silver medal, Denmark's best world championship result ever. Denmark finished the round robin in a three-way tie for second with Japan and the United States, each with 8-3 records, but Denmark was given the 2nd place spot in the

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by having defeated both Japan and the United States in the round robin. Stjerne lost the 1 vs. 2 game to Canada 5-3, then defeated the US 9-3 in the semifinal. In the gold medal game, Canadian champion

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again defeated the Danish rink by a score of 5-3.

Personal life

Stjerne is currently a student. His education is in Business Administration from the

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. Stjerne's father,

, is an accomplished curler and a former world bronze medalist.

References

External links

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Olympic profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stjerne, Rasmus Danish male curlers 1988 births Living people Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers of Denmark Continental Cup of Curling participants Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics People from Hvidovre Municipality Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark 21st-century Danish people