Sebastian Kraupp
| Sebastian Kraupp | |
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| Born | 20 May 1985 |
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| Curling club | Karlstads CK, Karlstad, Sweden |
Curling career  | |
| World Championship appearances | 3 (2011, 2012, 2013) |
| European Championship appearances | 4 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) |
| Olympic appearances | 2 (2010, 2014) |
Sebastian Kraupp (born 20 May 1985) is a Swedish curler from Karlstad, Sweden. He currently coaches the Swedish men's junior team.[1]
From 2005 to 2008 Sebastian Kraupp skipped his own team.[2] 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 Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[3] Team Sweden finished the Round Robin portion in a tie for the Playoffs with Team Great Britain, which they won. In the semifinal match they lost to Team Canada 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 Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.
Teammates
[edit]2009 Aberdeen European Championships
Niklas Edin, Skip
Fredrik Lindberg, Second
Viktor Kjäll, Lead
Oskar Eriksson, Alternate
References
[edit]- ^ "Entry list by country" (PDF). world-curling-federation. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "CurlingZone".
- ^ "World Curling Federation - Teams for Vancouver 2010". Archived from the original on 20 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
External links
[edit]- Sebastian Kraupp at World Curling
- Sebastian Kraupp at Olympics.com
- Sebastian Kraupp at Olympedia
- Sebastian Kraupp at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
- Living people
- 1985 births
- Curlers from Stockholm
- Sportspeople from Karlstad
- Swedish male curlers
- Olympic curlers for 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
- Winter World University Games medalists in curling
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Sweden
- FISU World University Games 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
- 21st-century Swedish sportsmen