Markus Eriksson (born 11 April 1987 in
Karlstad
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,
Sweden
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) is a
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curler.
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He is a ,
2013 Winter Universiade champion and two-time Swedish Men's champion.
Teams
Personal life
Markus Eriksson is from a family of curlers: one of his brothers is well-known Swedish curler
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 ...
, player on Team
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 ( ...
, Olympic and World champion; another of his brothers is curler
Anders Eriksson,
[ (born 1982, not Swedish curler Anders Eriksson who born 1956)] .
References
External links
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Markus Eriksson , Team Oskar Eriksson
Living people
1987 births
Curlers from Karlstad
Swedish male curlers
Swedish curling champions
Winter World University Games medalists in curling
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Sweden
Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade
21st-century Swedish sportsmen
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