Steffen Walstad (born February 10, 1989 in

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) is a

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curler from

. He currently skips his own team.

Career

Juniors

Walstad played in three

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, from 2008 to 2010 inclusive. At the 2008 World Junior Curling Championships he played third for the Kristian Rolvsfjord rink, finishing in 4th place. At the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships he played second for the team, finishing in 5th place. And at the

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, he played second for the Steffen Mellemseter, finishing 5th overall. Walstad has played in four

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s; playing in the

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, he played third for

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, finishing 7th. The team represented Norway again at the

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, where they improved to a fourth place finish. At the

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, Walstad skipped the

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rink to a gold medal, defeating Russia's

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in the final. Walstad again skipped Norway at the

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, where he won a bronze medal.

Men's

Walstad has won three Norwegian men's championships, in 2016, 2017 and 2018. His 2017 win included a best-of-three playoff against perennial Norwegian national team skip

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to represent Norway at the World Championships, which they won, earning Walstad a right to represent Norway at the

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. On the

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that season, Walstad won his first career event at the 2017

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. To start the

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, Walstad played in his first

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event, the

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. Despite it only being his first Slam, his team did really well, going all the way to the final, undefeated, before losing to

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. Later in the year, Waldstad skipped Norway at the

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, leading the team to a 7–6 finish, in 5th place. Walstad began the 2018–19 curling season in the first leg of the Curling World Cup, where he lost in the final to Canada's

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. The next month, the Walstad rink played in their second slam, the 2018 Masters. There he was less fortunately, losing all of his games. In November, the team played in the

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, where Waldstad led Norway to a 5–4 record in fifth place. In the New Year, the team played in the third leg of the Curling World Cup, where they had less success, finishing in 6th. Later in the season, Walstad was named as the alternate on the Norwegian team, skipped by

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at the 2019 World Men's Curling Championship. The team finished in 12th place. Walstad represented Norway again at the

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. There, he led his country to another 5–4 record, and a sixth place finish. There would be no World Championships in 2020 due to the

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, but Walstad would represent Norway at the

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which was played in a bubble with no spectators. There, he led Norway to a 7–6 record, in 8th place.

Mixed curling

Walstad has found much success in mixed curling. He has skipped Norway twice at the

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and once at its successor tournament, the

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. He led Norway to a 5th place finish at the

2012 European Mixed Curling Championship The 2012 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from September 30 to October 6 at the Milli Piyango Curling Arena in Erzurum, Turkey. In the final, Scotland, skipped by Ewan MacDonald, defeated Sweden, skipped by Rickard Hallström, with a s ...

. He found more success at the

2014 European Mixed Curling Championship The 2014 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from September 13 to 20 at the Tårnby Curling Club in Tårnby, Denmark. Sweden, skipped by Patric Mabergs, won their first European Mixed title after defeating Norway, skipped by Steffen Walst ...

, where he would lead his rink of Kristin Moen Skaslien,

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and Julie Kjær Molnar to a silver medal finish, after losing to Sweden in the final. He found even more success at the

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. There he led his team of Molnar,

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and Pia Trulsen to a gold medal.

Personal life

Walstad is employed as a photographer.2019 World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide: Team Norway

Grand Slam record

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Walstad, Steffen Norwegian male curlers Living people 1989 births People from Oppdal Sportspeople from Oslo Universiade medalists in curling Universiade gold medalists for Norway Universiade bronze medalists for Norway Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics World mixed curling champions Olympic curlers of Norway 21st-century Norwegian people