Gustav Anders Emil Eskilsson (born 2 January 1992 in

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) is a

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curler.

Career

Juniors

Eskilsson represented Sweden in two

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 ...

. At the

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, he played third for Team Sweden, skipped by Patric Mabergs. The team went 4–5, missing the playoffs. The Mabergs rink returned to the Juniors in 2013. They finished the round robin with a 6–5 record, in fourth place. They went on to lose in the 3 vs. 4 game and in the bronze medal game, settling for 4th place. Eskilsson represented Sweden again at the

2015 Winter Universiade The 2015 Winter Universiade, the XXVII Winter Universiade, was a multi-sport winter event with the host ducties were shared by Granada, Spain and Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia. On 14 March 2009, FISU announced that the host would be Granada because t ...

. This time, Eskilsson would skip the team, but throw third rocks while Mabergs continued to throw last stones. The team, which also represented

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, finished the round robin with a 6–5 record in 4th place. However, they lost to Norway in the semifinal and to Great Britain in the bronze medal game.

Mixed

Eskilsson played for Sweden at the

2013 European Mixed Curling Championship The 2013 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from September 14 to 21 at the Murrayfield Curling Rink in Edinburgh, Scotland. Due to an issue with the ice chilling plant, play was postponed from Saturday night until Sunday night. German ...

. He would skip the team, but throw third stones (with Towe Lundman throwing last rocks). The team would finish with a 5–2 record in group play, but lost in the quarterfinal to Finland.

Men's

Eskilsson was invited to be Sweden's alternate at the

2014 World Men's Curling Championship The 2014 World Men's Curling Championship was held from March 29 to April 6 at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. Norway's Thomas Ulsrud defeated Sweden's Oskar Eriksson in the final with a score of 8–3, securing his first world titl ...

. The team, skipped by

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, would win the silver medal. Eskilsson just played in one game. On the

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, Eskilsson has been skipping a team since 2013, with Mabergs throwing last stones. The team won their first Tour event at the 2016 Harbin International Men's Championship.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eskilsson, Gustav Living people Swedish male curlers 1992 births Sportspeople from Skellefteå Winter World University Games medalists in curling FISU World University Games silver medalists for Sweden Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade 21st-century Swedish sportsmen