Magnus Nedregotten

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Magnus Nedregotten
Curler
Born (1990-10-24) 24 October 1990 (age 34)
Stavanger, Norway
Team
Curling club Oppdal CK,
Oppdal, NOR
Skip Steffen Walstad
Third Magnus Nedregotten
Second Mathias Brænden
Lead Magnus Vågberg
Alternate Andreas Hårstad
Mixed doubles
partner		 Kristin Skaslien
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
World Championship
appearances		2 (2017, 2018)
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances		8 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024)
European Championship
appearances		4 (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
Olympic
appearances		2 (2018, 2022)
Medal record
Curling
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Winter Olympics
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Beijing Mixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Mixed doubles
World Junior Curling Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Perth
World Mixed Doubles Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Aberdeen
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Sochi
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Östersund
European Mixed Curling Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Copenhagen
Winter Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Granada
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Almaty

Magnus Victor Nedregotten (born 24 October 1990) is a Norwegian curler from Oslo. [1] He currently plays third on Team Steffen Walstad. [2]

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Career

Juniors

Nedregotten represented Norway in three World Junior Curling Championships. At the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships he played lead for the Steffen Mellemseter. The team would finish in 5th place. At the 2011 World Junior Curling Championships, he played second for the team which would win a bronze medal. At the 2012 World Junior Curling Championships, Nedregotten played third for the Norwegian team, skipped by Markus Snøve Høiberg. The team would finish 4th.

Nedregotten would play on the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences team at both the 2013 and 2015 Winter Universiade, playing second in both events. In 2013, the team skipped by Høiberg finished 4th; in 2015, the team (skipped by Walstad) won the gold medal.

Mixed doubles

Nedregotten (left) with Skaslien Kristin Skaslien and Magnus Nedregotten.jpg
Nedregotten (left) with Skaslien

Nedregotten would find much of his success in mixed team and mixed doubles curling. In mixed doubles, Nedregotten and partner Kristin Moen Skaslien have represented Norway in the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships. The pair have finished 4th, 5th, 3rd, 9th, 5th and 9th respectively. They represented Norway in the mixed doubles tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics. They lost the bronze medal game against the Olympic Athletes from Russia, but due to a positive testing of meldonium from Alexander Krushelnitskiy, their bronze medals were stripped and given to Nedregotten and Skaslien. [3]

Nedregotten and Skaslien won the second leg of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup, defeating Switzerland's Jenny Perret and Martin Rios in the final. The pair also won the Grand Final of the Curling World Cup, defeating Canada's Laura Walker and Kirk Muyres in the final.

Mixed curling

Nedregotten has also represented Norway at the European Mixed Curling Championship, playing second for Walstad in both events. At the 2012 European Mixed Curling Championship, the team finished 5th, and at the 2014 European Mixed Curling Championship, the team brought back a silver medal for Norway.

Men's

Nedregotten won the Norwegian men's championship in 2016 with Høiberg skipping, though the team was not chosen to represent Norway at the World Championships. Walstad took over as skip of the team in 2016. Following a bronze medal performance at the 2017 Winter Universiade, the team qualified for the 2017 World Men's Curling Championship, where they finished 8th. The team also qualified for the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship, finishing in 5th place. The team also represented Norway at the 2018 European Curling Championships, finishing in 5th place.

Personal life

Nedregotten was also a competitive skier. He attended the Norway School of Sports Sciences. [4]

He is married to his mixed doubles partner Kristin Skaslien.

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References

  1. ↑ "Magnus NEDREGOTTEN Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age". International Olympic Committee . Archived from the original on 22 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "NEDREGOTTEN Magnus Victor - Biographie". Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Russian curler stripped of Winter Olympics medal after admitting doping". The Guardian . 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Curling | Athlete Profile: Magnus NEDREGOTTEN". Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games . Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
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