Kjell Edfalk

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Kjell Edfalk
 
Born (1945-12-21) 21 December 1945 (age 77)
Team
Curling clubCK Oden, Östersund
Career
Member AssociationFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
World Championship
appearances
1 (1976)
Medal record
Curling
Swedish Men's Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1976

Kjell Alexander Edfalk [1] (born 21 December 1945) is a Swedish curler. [2]

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His team competed for Sweden in the 1976 World Men's championship, because it was decided that the 1976 Swedish championship team from IF GÖTA (skip Jens Håkansson) was too young for the World Championship and so they [3] went to the Worlds instead. [2]

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadEvents
1975–76Kjell Edfalk (fourth) Roger Svanberg Bengt Cederwall (skip) Mats Olofsson SMCC 1976 Silver medal icon.svg
WCC 1976 (4th)

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References

  1. "Kjell Alexander Edfalk (Söråker, 73 år) - Merinfo.se" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on December 20, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Herrar - Svenska Curlingförbundet (Swedish male national curlers)" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2019. (look for "Edfalk, Kjell")
  3. Runner-ups of 1976 Sweden championship?