Kasper Wiksten

Kasper Wiksten (born 9 June 1980, in Hvidovre Municipality) is a Danish curler.[2]

Kasper Wiksten
Curler
 ♂
Born (1980-06-09) 9 June 1980
Hvidovre
Team
Curling clubEsbjerg Curling Klub, Esbjerg,
Hvidovre CC,
Hvidovre, DEN[1]
SkipTobias Thune
ThirdKasper Wiksten
SecondOliver Rosenkrands Søe
LeadDaniel Poulsen
AlternateMikkel Krause
Mixed doubles
partner		Natalie Wiksten
Curling career
Member Association Denmark
World Championship
appearances		2 (2021, 2022)
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances		1 (2017)
European Championship
appearances		3 (2018, 2019, 2021
Olympic
appearances		1 (2022)
Other appearancesWorld Junior Championships: 4 (1996, 1998, 2000)

At the national level, he is Danish men's champion curler (2020), Danish mixed doubles champion curler (2020) and a four-time Danish junior champion curler (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000).[3]

Teams

Men's
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1995–96 Johnny FrederiksenBo JensenLars VilandtLars NissenKasper WikstenDJCC 1996 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WJCC 1996 (9th)
1997–98 Kasper WikstenKenneth Daucke AndersenTim KronholmSune FrederiksenMikael Lohman Jensen (WJCC)DJCC 1998 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WJCC 1998 (9th)
1998–99 Casper BossenKasper WikstenKenneth DauckeKim SylvestSune FrederiksenDJCC 1999 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1999–00 Kasper WikstenCasper BossenKim Sylvest NielsenSune FrederiksenMorten BærentsenOlle Brudsten (WJCC),
Finn Nielsen (WJCC)		DJCC 2000 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WJCC 2000 (4th)
2016–17 Ulrik DammKasper WikstenDaniel AbrahamsenKasper Jørgensen
2017–18 Ulrik DammKasper WikstenDaniel AbrahamsenKasper Jørgensen
2018–19 Daniel PoulsenKasper WikstenTobias Engelhard RasmussenDaniel Munk BuchholtMads NørgårdMikael QvistECC 2018 (11th)
Ulrik DammKasper WikstenDaniel AbrahamsenKasper JørgensenDaniel BuchholtMikael QvistWQE 2019 (7 место)
2019–20 Mikkel KrauseMads NørgårdTobias EngelhardtHenrik HoltermannKasper WikstenGert LarsenECC 2019 (4th)
Tobias ThuneKasper WikstenDaniel PoulsenOliver SøeDMCC 2020 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2020–21 Mikkel Krause (fourth)Tobias ThuneMads Nørgård (skip)Kasper WikstenOliver Rosenkrands SøeKenneth HertsdahlWCC 2021 (11th)
2021–22 Mikkel KrauseMads NørgårdHenrik HoltermannKasper WikstenTobias ThuneKenneth Hertsdahl,
Jasmin Lander (ECC)		ECC 2021 (6th)
OQE 2021 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Mixed doubles
Season Female Male Coach Events
2016–17 Natalie Asp WikstenKasper WikstenPer SvensenWMDCC 2017 (30th)
2017–18 Natalie WikstenKasper Wiksten
2018–19 Natalie WikstenKasper Wiksten
2019–20 Natalie WikstenKasper WikstenDMDCC 2020 1st place, gold medalist(s)[4]
2020–21 Natalie WikstenKasper Wiksten
2021–22 Natalie WikstenKasper Wiksten
2022–23 Natalie WikstenKasper WikstenDMDCC 2023 (4th)

Personal life

His daughter Natalie Wiksten[5] is also a curler; together they played on World mixed doubles championship 2017 (12-y.o. Natalie was the youngest player in history of all "adult" world curling championships) and won gold on 2020 Danish MD championship.[6][7][8]

References
  1. "2021 BKT Tires-OK Tires World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  2. Kasper Wiksten on the World Curling Federation database
  3. Junior DM - Herrer | Hvidovre Curling Club(in Danish)
  4. 2020 Danish Mixed Doubles Championship - Curlingzone
  5. Natalie Asp Wiksten on the World Curling Federation database
  6. Marissa Payne (29 April 2017). "'It's a fairy tale that won't stop': 12-year-old curler and dad dream of Olympic berth". The Washington Post.
  7. DEN Wiksten/Wiksten – Göteborgs Curlingklubb(in Swedish)
  8. Nick Zaccardi (1 May 2017). "12-year-old competes at world curling championship - OlympicTalk". NBC Sports.


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