Thomas Håkansson

Per Thomas Håkansson[1][2] (born 19 October 1957) is a Swedish and Canadian curler,[3] a 1976 European bronze medallist and two-time Swedish men's champion (1976, 1980).

Thomas Håkansson
Curler
 ♂
Born (1957-10-19) 19 October 1957
Team
Curling clubIF Göta, Karlstad,
Karlstads CK, Karlstad,
Dartmouth CC,
Canada Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Curling career
Member Association Sweden
 Nova Scotia (1984-present)
Brier appearances1985, 1988
World Championship
appearances		1 (1980)
European Championship
appearances		1 (1976)
Other appearancesWorld Junior Championships: 1 (1978)
Medal record
Curling
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1976 West Berlin
Swedish Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1976
Gold medal – first place 1980
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 1978 Grindelwald

His team won the 1976 Sweden men's championship, but it was decided that the team members were too young for the World Championship, so team Bengt Cederwall (skip)[4] went to the 1976 Worlds instead.

He would later move to Canada, and played in the 1985 and 1988 Labatt Brier for Nova Scotia.

Awards

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events
 Sweden
1975–76 Jens HåkanssonThomas HåkanssonPer LindemanLars LindgrenSMCC 1976 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1976–77 Jens HåkanssonThomas HåkanssonPer LindemanLars LindgrenECC 1976 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1977–78 Thomas HåkanssonPer LindemanLars LindgrenErik BjöremoSJCC 1978 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WJCC 1978 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1979–80 Ragnar KampHåkan StåhlbroThomas HåkanssonLars LindgrenSMCC 1980 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WMCC 1980 (4th)
 Canada
1984–85 Tom HakanssonPeter MacPheeStuart MacLeanDave WallaceBruce WalkerBrier 1985 (T7th)
1987–88 Thomas HakanssonStuart MacLeanBill RobinsonDave WallacePeter MacPheeBrier 1988 (5th)

Personal life

Håkansson is a member of a family of curlers. His father Stig is a 1968 Swedish men's champion, his brother Lars-Erik is a 1971 Swedish champion, and his nephew (Lars-Erik's son) Patric Håkansson (Klaremo)[5] played for Sweden in the 2005 World Men's Championship.

References
  1. Per Thomas Håkansson (Karlstad, 62 år) - Merinfo.se(in Swedish)
  2. In Canada writing is "Thomas Hakansson".
  3. "Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Herrar - Svenska Curlingförbundet (Swedish male national curlers)" (in Swedish). Retrieved November 8, 2019. (look for "Håkansson, Thomas")
  4. Runner-ups of 1976 Sweden championship?
  5. Patric Håkansson (Patric Klaremo) on the World Curling Federation database


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