Johnny Frederiksen

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Johnny Frederiksen
Born (1975-07-31) 31 July 1975 (age 48)
Team
Curling club Hvidovre CC,
Hvidovre, DEN
Skip Rasmus Stjerne
Third Johnny Frederiksen
Second Mikkel Poulsen
Lead Oliver Dupont
Alternate Morten Berg Thomsen
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
World Championship
appearances
11 (2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016)
European Championship
appearances
10 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016)
Olympic
appearances
3 (2010, 2014, 2018)
Medal record
Curling
Representing Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
World Curling Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Basel
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Champéry
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Füssen
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Moscow

Johnny Frederiksen (born 31 July 1975 in Hvidovre) is a Danish curler from Copenhagen. He is the skip of the men's Danish national team.

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Frederiksen skipped Denmark at three World Junior Curling Championships (1994, 1995, 1996), two European Curling Championships (2006, 2007) and five World Curling Championships (2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008). Frederiksen's best performance at the World Championships was a 2nd-place finish in 2016.

Frederiksen skipped the Danish team to a bronze medal at the 2007 European Curling Championships.

Teammates

2010 Vancouver Olympic Games

Ulrik Schmidt, Skip

Bo Jensen, Second

Lars Vilandt, Lead

Mikkel Poulsen, Alternate

Personal life

His father Ivan is also curler and is a coach. [1]

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References

  1. "Eye Opener - Issue 9 - Sunday, April 7, 2013" (PDF). Curling Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-04-12. It's [sic] third was Ivan Frederiksen, the father of current third Johnny Frederiksen (page 3)