Alexander Lindström (born 4 November 1989 in

Lit, Sweden Lit is a locality situated in Östersund Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the ...

) is a

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- Norwegian curler, from

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. He currently coaches the

Niklas Edin Johan Niklas Edin (born 6 July 1985) is a Swedish curler. He holds several sport distinctions. He is the first and the only skip in World Curling Federation (WCF) history to win three Olympic medals – gold (2022), silver (2018), and bronze ( ...

rink.

Curling career

Juniors

Lindström twice represented Sweden at the

World Junior Curling Championships The World Junior Curling Championships are an annual curling bonspiel featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competitions for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 19 ...

. His first World Juniors was in 2009, throwing second stones for

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 ...

. After posting a 6-3 round robin record, the team would lose in the 3 vs. 4 game and in the bronze medal final, settling for fourth place. Lindström returned to the World Juniors in 2011, playing lead for Eriksson, on a team which included his brother Kristian throwing last rocks. The team would finish the round robin in first place with an 11–1 record. The team then beat Switzerland twice in the playoffs to claim the gold medal.

Men's

Lindström would move to Norway and would join the

Steffen Walstad Steffen Walstad (born 10 February 1989 in Oppdal Municipality) is a Norwegian curler from Oppdal. Career Juniors Walstad played in three World Junior Curling Championships, from 2008 to 2010 inclusive. At the 2008 World Junior Curling Champio ...

team at lead. They would qualify for the 2017 World Men's Curling Championship where they would finish in 8th place with a 5–6 record.

Personal life

Lindström works for CSDM Tech. His twin brother Kristian skips his own team in Sweden and formerly played for

rink.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindstrom, Alexander Living people 1989 births Swedish male curlers Swedish curling champions Norwegian male curlers Curlers from Oslo Curlers from Trondheim Sportspeople from Östersund Swedish emigrants to Norway Swedish twins Norwegian twins Norwegian curling coaches 21st-century Swedish sportsmen 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen Swedish curling coaches