Gaute Nepstad

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Gaute Nepstad
Born (1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 (age 29)
Team
Curling club Trondheim CK,
Trondheim, NOR
Skip Magnus Ramsfjell
Third Martin Sesaker
Second Bendik Ramsfjell
Lead Gaute Nepstad
Alternate Wilhelm Næss
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
World Championship
appearances
3 (2022, 2023, 2024)
European Championship
appearances
1 (2023)
Medal record
Curling
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
World Junior Curling Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Flims
Winter Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Krasnoyarsk
Norwegian Men's Curling Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Trondheim
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Oppdal
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Oslo

Gaute Nepstad (born 9 September 1994 in Bergen) is a Norwegian curler, originally from Ottestad [2] in the Hamar area. He plays lead on the 2022 Norwegian champion Magnus Ramsfjell team from Trondheim. He currently lives and studies in Trondheim. [3]

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Curling career

Nepstad began curling at the age of 11, when he and his friends wanted to try the sport. He played on a frozen association football pitch in Ottestad, near his childhood home. Eventually, he started travelling to a club in Lillehammer with better ice conditions. In 2009, he was the runner-up at the Norwegian U17 boys championship. [3]

Nepstad was a member the Norwegian junior men's team at the 2013, 2014 and 2015 World Junior Curling Championships. In 2013 and 2014, the team was skipped by Eirik Mjøen. In 2013, Nepstad was the alternate on the team, but played in five games. The team finished in 5th place. [4] In 2014, Nepstad played lead on the team. After finishing the round robin in first place with a 7–2 record, the team lost the semifinal to Switzerland, but won the bronze medal game against Canada. [5] In 2015, Nepstad skipped the team, but threw lead rocks. He led his team of Markus Skogvold, Martin Sesaker and Wilhelm Naess to a 4–5 record, finishing in sixth place. [6] That year, Nepstad won the WJCC Sportsmanship Award. [7] After juniors, Nepstad stopped curling for awhile. [3]

In 2019, Nepstead played lead on Team Norway at the 2019 Winter Universiade, on a team skipped by Magnus Ramsfjell. The team went on to win the gold medal. [8]

The Magnus Ramsfjell rink, with Nepstad throwing lead stones won the 2022 Norwegian Men's Curling Championship. [9] It was Nepstad's first national men's championship. [10] The team was chosen to represent Norway at the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship, [11] where they finished in 10th with a 5–7 record. [12] That season, the team also won the 2021 Prague Classic World Curling Tour event. [13]

During the 2022–23 curling season, the team won the Norwegian men's championship again and won the 2022 Curling Masters Champéry World Curling Tour event. [14] They also played in the 2022 Masters and 2023 Canadian Open Grand Slam of Curling events. They made it to the semifinals of the Masters and failed to qualify for the playoffs in the Canadian Open. [15] The team was chosen to represent Norway once again at the 2023 World Men's Curling Championship, [16] where they went 10–2 in the round robin. This put the team in the playoffs, where they lost to Italy (skipped by Joël Retornaz) in the qualification game. The following week, the team played in the 2023 Players' Championship, where they went 2–3, missing the playoffs.

Personal life

Nepstad works as a data analyst. [1]

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