Simon Magnus Dahlbäck Granbom (born 2 July 1993) is a Swedish curler from

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. He currently

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s a team on the World Curling Tour.

Career

Granbom is a two-time Swedish junior champion, playing

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for Team

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. As a member of Team Nyman, Granbom represented Sweden at the and

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, finishing 6th and 4th place respectively. After juniors, Granbom joined the Jon Melin rink as his

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for the 2016-17 season, and then as third for 2017-18. The team won a bronze medal at the 2017 and 2018

Swedish Men's Curling Championship The Swedish Men's Curling Championship ( sv, Svenska mästerskap i curling för herrar, SM lag herrar) is the national championship of men's curling in Sweden. It has been held annually since 1917 (one of the oldest national championship in curling) ...

. In 2018, he joined the

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rink at third when Bryce played out of Sweden. Granbom won another bronze at the Swedish championships in 2019 as a member of Team Bryce. As a member of this team, Granbom won his first World Curling Tour event, the 2018

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. In 2019, Granbom formed his own rink as skip, with a team consisting of Fabian Wingfors,

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and Jacob Hanna. The team won their first tour event at the 2020

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. In 2021 they defended their title. In mixed doubles curling, Granbom won the 2019 Bele Wranå Memorial World Curling Tour event with partner Isabell Andersson.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Granbom, Simon Living people 1993 births Swedish male curlers Sportspeople from Gävle