Medal record | ||
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Representing Sweden | ||
Men's Curling | ||
World championships | ||
1997 Berne | Team | |
2001 Lausanne | Team | |
2004 Gävle | Team | |
1998 Kamloops | Team | |
2000 Glasgow | Team | |
European Curling Championships | ||
1998 Flims | Team | |
2001 Vierumäki | Team | |
2002 Grindelwald | Team | |
2003 Courmayeur | Team | |
2004 Sofia | Team | |
2005 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Team | |
2000 Oberstdorf | Team | |
World Junior Curling Championships | ||
1989 Markham | ||
1988 Füssen | ||
1990 Portage la Praire |
Magnus Swartling (born 19 February 1970 in Uppsala) is a Swedish curler and world champion.
He won a gold medal in the 1997, 2001 and 2004 World Curling Championships, all three times with skip Peja Lindholm, and received silver medals in 1998 and 2000. [1]
Swartling is European champion from 1998 and 2001 (with skip Peja Lindholm), and has received a total of seven medals in the European championships.
Swartling has normally played Second on Lindholm's team.
Swartling participated on the European team in the Continental Cup of Curling in 2002, 2003 and 2004. In 2003 he was top male (with 22 pts) in the singles competition.
In 1998 he was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.
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