Sebastian Kraupp (born 20 May 1985) is a Swedish curler from

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. He currently coaches the Swedish men's junior team. From 2005 to 2008 Sebastian Kraupp skipped his own team. Starting with the 2008–2009 season he joined Niklas Edin's team throwing Third stones. Team Edin first achieved widespread attention at the 2009 Aberdeen European Championships where they stunned the curling competition by finishing second after the round robin tournament with a 7 – 2 record. Their only loses were to Team Murdoch of Scotland and Team Ulsrud of Norway who had won the Gold and Bronze medals respectively at the 2009 Moncton World Championships. In the 1 vs. 2 Playoff Game Kraupp's team took on Team Ulsrud of Norway who they upset 7 to 3 advancing directly to the Gold Medal match. In the final they faced Ralph Stöckli's team from Switzerland. They pulled off another upset and won their first European title. Sebastian Kraupp and his team represented

at the

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. Team Sweden finished the Round Robin portion in a tie for the

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with Team Great Britain, which they won. In the semifinal match they lost to

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skipped by Kevin Martin. They lost to Team Switzerland in the Bronze medal match and finished fourth overall matching the achievement of Team Sweden at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. In 2011 he was inducted into the

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Teammates

2009 Aberdeen European Championships 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games

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 ...

, ''Skip''

Fredrik Lindberg Bengt Fredrik Lindberg (born 2 February 1986) is a Swedish curler from Karlstad. Lindberg grew up in Östersund. From 2006 until 2008 he played both Third and Second positions for Sebastian Kraupp. In 2009 he and Kraupp joined Niklas Edin's te ...

, ''Second''

Viktor Kjäll Viktor Erik Kjäll ( anglicized as Kjell; born 13 June 1985) is a Swedish curler originally from Karlstad. Curling career Viktor Kjäll made his World Championship debut at the 2007 Edmonton World Championships as the Second for Sweden's mos ...

, ''Lead''

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 ...

, ''Alternate''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kraupp, Sebastian Living people 1985 births Sportspeople from Stockholm Sportspeople from Karlstad Swedish male curlers Olympic curlers of Sweden Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in curling Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics World curling champions European curling champions Swedish curling champions Universiade medalists in curling Universiade gold medalists for Sweden Universiade bronze medalists for Sweden Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2007 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade Swedish curling coaches