Eric Carlsén (born 16 June 1982) is a

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curler from Sundsvall, Sweden.

Curling career

Playing for Härnösand Curling Club, Carlsén was the Swedish national Champion for 2005 and represented Sweden as skip at the

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. His team finished 9th. He is a two-time silver medalist in 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 1 ...

, winning silver in 2002 and 2003.Sports 123: Curling: World Junior Championships: Men
, accessed 2010-07-10 He had a fifth-place finish at the 2001 Juniors. In 2008 he won the Swedish Mixed Championships together with Niklas Edin, Anette Norberg and Anna Hasselborg. The win giving them the right to represent Sweden at the European Mixed Curling Championship held in Kitzbuhel, Austria. After the Round Robin they had an impressing 7-0 Record. They lost the semifinal against Germany ending up with a Bronze medal after beating Russia 6-4 in the bronze medal game. For the 2009-10 season, Carlsén's teammates were

Per Carlsén Per Carlsén (born 24 June 1960, in Sundsvall) is a Swedish curler. Carlsén started playing curling in 1975. He plays in fourth position as a skip and is right-handed.Nils Carlsén Nils Carlsén (born 21 April 1985 in Sundsvall) is a Swedish curler. Carlsén who began curling in 1996, had been a very successful junior curler for Sweden. He has curled in six World Junior Curling Championships (2001–2006)- finis ...

(Third/Second),

Niklas Berggren Jan Niklas Berggren (born 25 January 1966) is a Swedish curler (look for "Berggren, Niklas") and curling coach. He competed for Sweden in four . Teams Record as a coach of national teams Personal life His father Tom Tom or TOM may refer t ...

(lead) and

Mikael Norberg Mikael Norberg (born 20 October 1966 in Sundsvall) is a Swedish curler. Norberg started playing curling in 1978. He plays in third position as a vice skip and is right-handed.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 (W ...

, of Karlstad 6-5 in the final. He represented Sweden at the

2010 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship The 2010 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the Capital One World Men's Curling Championship 2010 for sponsorship reasons) was held from April 3–11, 2010 at the Stadio Olimpico Del Ghiaccio in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Qualification * ...

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, Italy where Sweden finished with a 4-7 record in 8th place.

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* Living people 1982 births Swedish male curlers Swedish curling champions {{Sweden-curling-bio-stub