Mikkel Krause

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Mikkel Krause
Curler
Born (1988-10-02) 2 October 1988 (age 34)
Hvidovre, Denmark
Team
Curling club Hvidovre CC,
Hvidovre, Denmark
Skip Mikkel Krause
Third Mads Nørgaard
Second Tobias Thune
Lead Henrik Holtermann
Alternate Oliver Rosenkrands Søe
Career
Member AssociationFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
World Championship
appearances		2 (2021, 2022)
European Championship
appearances		6 (2010, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
Olympic
appearances		1 (2022)
Medal record
Men's Curling
Representing Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Champéry
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Vancouver

Mikkel Munch Krause (born 2 October, 1988) is a Danish curler from Hvidovre. [1] He is a former World Junior champion.

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Curling career

Junior

As a junior curler, Krause represented Denmark at seven World Junior Curling Championships. His first was in 2004, when he played second on a team skipped by Kenneth Jørgensen. The team finished 2–7 at the tournament, finishing in last place. [2] At the 2005 World Junior Curling Championships, he was the alternate on the team but played in six games. The team improved, finishing with a 4–5 record, tied for fifth. [3] At the 2006 World Junior Curling Championships, he played third on the team, now skipped by Rasmus Stjerne. The team again finished 4–5, tied for fifth. [4] At the 2007 World Junior Curling Championships, the team improved once again, going 6–3 in the round robin. This put them in a tiebreaker against the United States, which they won, followed by a loss to Canada in the semifinal and Switzerland in the bronze medal game, settling for fourth overall. [5] The team had less success at the 2008 World Junior Curling Championships, going 4–5 (7th place), [6] but did much better in 2009. At the 2009 World Juniors, the team finished the round robin with a 7–2 record, in second place. This put them into the page playoffs in the 1 vs. 2 game against Canada. While they lost this game, they remained alive in the playoffs, and they won their semifinal match against the United States and then beat Canada in a rematch in the gold medal final. [7] In his last year of junior eligibility, Krause was promoted as skip of the Danish team. Skipping a team of Oliver Dupont, Tobias Thune, and Troels Harry, Krause led Denmark to a 2–7 record at the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships, placing 8th. [8]

Men's career

Krause played for the Danish men's team for the first time at the 2010 European Curling Championships. Playing third from Stjerne, the team went 6–3 in the round robin, placing fourth and making the last playoff spot. The team beat Germany in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game, then beat Switzerland in the semifinal. The team finally met their match in the final, where they lost to Norway, winning the silver medal in the process. [9] Krause next played for the Danish men's team at the 2014 European Curling Championships, still playing third for Stjerne. There, the team went 1–8, finishing in 9th place. Krause left the Stjerne rink in 2015. [10]

Over the next few years, Denmark was relegated to the "C" tournament at the European Championships. Krause was tasked with skipping the Danish team at the 2018 European Championship C Division, played several months before the main tournament. Krause and teammates Mads Nørgaard, Daniel Abrahamsen and Ulrik Damm won the tournament with a perfect 8–0 record, securing Denmark a spot at the B Division of the main tournament. [11] Denmark also won the B Division, earning the country a berth at the 2019 European Curling Championships. Krause skipped the Danish team at the 2019 Euros as well and led his team of Nørgaard, Tobias Engelhardt, Henrik Holtermann, and Kasper Wiksten to a 5–4 round robin record. This put them in the playoffs, where they lost the semifinal to Switzerland's Yannick Schwaller rink and the bronze medal game to Scotland's Ross Paterson team. [12]

Krause played in his first World Men's Curling Championships in in 2021, throwing fourth stones on the team, which is skipped by Nørgård. [13] [1] The team finished in eleventh place with a 3–10 record. [14]

Mixed career

Krause represented Denmark at the 2014 European Mixed Curling Championship, playing third for Madeleine Dupont. The team won their group with a 7–1 record but lost to Switzerland in the quarterfinals. [15]

Personal life

Krause works as a forwarder or courier. [1] He is the son of four-time Danish Olympian and three-time worlds bronze medal winner Malene Krause and ten-time Danish men's champion Gert Larsen, who represented Denmark once at the Winter Olympics. [16]

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  3. ↑ "World Junior Curling Championships 2005". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  4. ↑ "World Junior Curling Championships 2006". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  5. ↑ "World Junior Curling Championships 2007". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  6. ↑ "World Junior Curling Championships 2008". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  7. ↑ "World Junior Curling Championships 2009". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  8. ↑ "World Junior Curling Championships 2010". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Le Gruyère European Curling Championships 2010". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Mikkel Krause: Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  11. ↑ "European Curling Championships C-Division 2018". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  12. ↑ "European Curling Championships 2019". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  13. ↑ "A team-by-team look at the men's world curling championship field". CBC. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  14. ↑ "2021 World men's curling championship: Scores, schedule and standings". Sportsnet. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  15. ↑ "European Mixed Curling Championship 2014". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Mikkel Krause". Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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