Viktor Erik Kjäll ( anglicized as Kjell; born 13 June 1985) is a

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curler originally from

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Curling career

Viktor Kjäll made his World Championship debut at the 2007 Edmonton World Championships as the Second for Sweden's most successful male skip at that time,

Peja Lindholm Peter "Peja" Rutger Lindholm (born 2 June 1970 in Östersund, Sweden) is a retired Swedish curler. Lindholm is currently a coach of the Chinese Curling Association.https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-profi ...

. They finished with a 6 – 5 record in a four-way tie for fourth place. In the tie-breaking rounds, they lost to the eventual Silver Medalists Team Germany skipped by

Andy Kapp Andreas "Andy" Kapp (born 8 December 1967) is a German curler from Unterthingau. After a number of several tournaments at the Junior, Olympic and World Championship levels, Kapp surprised many by winning the 1992 European championship. The ...

. After Peja Lindholm's retirement, Kjäll eventually made his way onto Niklas Edin's team. Their first major competition was the 2009 European Championships held in

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. They lost just two matches in the round robin and went on to win both of their playoff matches against Team Ulsrud of Norway and Team Stöckli of Switzerland to win the Gold Medal. Kjäll's team had been selected as Team Sweden for the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

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, British Columbia, Canada and most recently for Team Sweden for the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

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where they captured a bronze medal. After a successful career on the ice, Kjäll began coaching. He coached the Kyle Smith Scottish team from 2015 to 2018. Between 2018 and 2022 Kjäll, was the team coach for Team

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, and coached them when they represented Canada at the

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in Beijing. In 2011, he was inducted into the

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Personal life

After his curling career in Sweden, he moved to

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. He is married and has one daughter and works as the curling manager at

The Granite Club The Granite Club (founded as the Toronto Granite Curling Club) is a private social and athletic club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1875, it has a long history of sports competition. It is located at 2350 Bayview Avenue, north of midto ...

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.2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide: Team Manitoba In September 2022 it was announced that Kjäll was appointed the new national coach for the Swiss Curling Association.

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'' *

Sebastian Kraupp Sebastian Kraupp (born 20 May 1985) is a Swedish curler from Karlstad, Sweden. 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 Ed ...

, ''Third'' *

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'' *

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'' 2007 Edmonton World Championships *

, ''Skip'' *

James Dryburgh James Dryburgh (born 27 May 1975 in Inverness, Scotland) is a Swedish curler. He lives in Stockholm, where he is a physical education teacher. Dryburgh is a two-time World Junior Champion. Playing for his native Scotland, he won gold ...

, ''Third'' * Anders Eriksson, ''Lead'' *

Magnus Swartling Magnus Swartling (born 19 February 1970 in Uppsala) is a Swedish curler and world champion. He won a gold medal in the 1997, 2001 and 2004 World Curling Championships, all three times with skip Peja Lindholm, and received s ...

, ''Alternate''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kjall, Viktor 1985 births Living people Swedish male curlers Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic curlers of Sweden Sportspeople from Karlstad World curling champions European curling champions Swedish curling champions Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in curling Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade Universiade medalists in curling Sportspeople from Whitby, Ontario Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Canada Swedish curling coaches Universiade gold medalists for Sweden Universiade bronze medalists for Sweden Competitors at the 2007 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade 21st-century Swedish people