Joakim Hedqvist

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Joakim Hedqvist
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Date of birth 22 November 1977 (1977-11-22) (age 44)
Medal record
Men's bandy
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Västerås Team

Joakim Hedqvist (born 22 November 1977) is a Swedish professional bandy player, who currently plays for Edsbyns IF in Elitserien, the top division of Swedish bandy, with whom he has won five consecutive Swedish championships.

During the season 2008/2009 he started to represent the Russian team HK Zorkij. He ended the contract before the intended time and returned to Sweden and play with Edsbyns IF.

He made his international début in Bandy World Championship 2009 where the Swedish team won gold medals and Hedqvist ended on top of the scoring table together with Jevgenij Ivanusjkin on 14 goals.

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