Kasper Wiksten
{{short description|Danish curler}}
{{use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Kasper Wiksten
| image =
| image_size =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|6|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hvidovre, Denmark
| Curling club = Esbjerg Curling Klub, Esbjerg,
Hvidovre CC,
Hvidovre, DEN{{Cite web |url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2021/04/2021-OK-Tire-BKT-Tires-World-Mens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-4.pdf |title=2021 BKT Tires-OK Tires World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide |website=Curling Canada |access-date=December 11, 2021}}
| Skip = Tobias Thune
| Third = Kasper Wiksten
| Second = Oliver Rosenkrands Søe
| Lead = Daniel Poulsen
| Alternate = Mikkel Krause
| Mixed doubles partner = Natalie Wiksten
| Member Association = {{DEN}}
| World Championship appearances = 2 ({{WMCC|2021}}, {{WMCC|2022}})
| World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances = 1 ({{WMDCC|2017}})
| European Championship appearances = 3 ({{EuCC|2018}}, {{EuCC|2019}}, {{EuCC|2021}}
| Olympic appearances = 1 (2022)
| Other appearances = {{WJCC||World Junior Championships}}: 4 ({{WJCC|1996}}, {{WJCC|1998}}, {{WJCC|2000}})
| medaltemplates =
}}
Kasper Wiksten (born 9 June 1980, in Hvidovre Municipality) is a Danish curler.{{cite web |url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Person/Details/2631 |title=Kasper Wiksten |website=results.worldcurling.org |publisher=World Curling}}
At the national level, he is Danish men's champion curler (2020), Danish mixed doubles champion curler (2020) and a four-time Danish junior champion curler (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000).[http://www.hcc.dk/junior-dm-herrer Junior DM - Herrer | Hvidovre Curling Club] {{in lang|da}}
Teams
=Men's=
| class="wikitable" | ||||||
| scope="col"| Season
! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Alternate ! scope="col"| Coach ! scope="col"| Events | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope="row"| 1995–96
| Johnny Frederiksen || Bo Jensen || Lars Vilandt || Lars Nissen || Kasper Wiksten || || DJCC 1996 {{Gold1}} | ||||||
| scope="row"| 1997–98
| Kasper Wiksten || Kenneth Daucke Andersen || Tim Kronholm || Sune Frederiksen || Mikael Lohman Jensen (WJCC) || || DJCC 1998 {{Gold1}} | ||||||
| scope="row"| 1998–99
| Casper Bossen || Kasper Wiksten || Kenneth Daucke || Kim Sylvest || Sune Frederiksen || || DJCC 1999 {{Gold1}} | ||||||
| scope="row"| 1999–00
| Kasper Wiksten || Casper Bossen || Kim Sylvest Nielsen || Sune Frederiksen || Morten Bærentsen || Olle Brudsten (WJCC), | ||||||
| scope="row"| 2016–17
| Ulrik Damm || Kasper Wiksten || Daniel Abrahamsen || Kasper Jørgensen || || || | ||||||
| scope="row"| 2017–18
| Ulrik Damm || Kasper Wiksten || Daniel Abrahamsen || Kasper Jørgensen || || || | ||||||
| scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2018–19
| Daniel Poulsen || Kasper Wiksten || Tobias Engelhard Rasmussen || Daniel Munk Buchholt || Mads Nørgård || Mikael Qvist || {{EuCC|2018|ECC 2018}} (11th) | ||||||
| Ulrik Damm | Kasper Wiksten | Daniel Abrahamsen | Kasper Jørgensen | Daniel Buchholt | Mikael Qvist | WQE 2019 (7 место) |
| scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2019–20
| Mikkel Krause || Mads Nørgård || Tobias Engelhardt || Henrik Holtermann || Kasper Wiksten || Gert Larsen || {{EuCC|2019|ECC 2019}} (4th) | ||||||
| Tobias Thune | Kasper Wiksten | Daniel Poulsen | Oliver Søe | DMCC 2020 {{Gold1}} | ||
| scope="row"| 2020–21
| Mikkel Krause (fourth) || Tobias Thune || Mads Nørgård (skip) || Kasper Wiksten || Oliver Rosenkrands Søe || Kenneth Hertsdahl || {{WMCC|2021|WCC 2021}} (11th) | ||||||
| scope="row"| 2021–22
| Mikkel Krause || Mads Nørgård || Henrik Holtermann || Kasper Wiksten || Tobias Thune || Kenneth Hertsdahl, |
=Mixed doubles=
| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col"| Season
! scope="col"| Female ! scope="col"| Male ! scope="col"| Coach ! scope="col"| Events |
|---|
| scope="row"| 2016–17
| Natalie Asp Wiksten || Kasper Wiksten || Per Svensen || {{WMDCC|2017|WMDCC 2017}} (30th) |
| scope="row"| 2017–18
| Natalie Wiksten || Kasper Wiksten || || |
| scope="row"| 2018–19
| Natalie Wiksten || Kasper Wiksten || || |
| scope="row"| 2019–20
| Natalie Wiksten || Kasper Wiksten || || DMDCC 2020 {{Gold1}}[https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=6448&eventtypeid=85&view=Main#1 2020 Danish Mixed Doubles Championship - Curlingzone] |
| scope="row"| 2020–21
| Natalie Wiksten || Kasper Wiksten || || |
| scope="row"| 2021–22
| Natalie Wiksten || Kasper Wiksten || || |
| scope="row"| 2022–23
| Natalie Wiksten || Kasper Wiksten || || DMDCC 2023 (4th) |
| scope="row"| 2024–25
| Natalie Wiksten || Kasper Wiksten || || DMDCC 2025 (2nd) |
Personal life
His daughter Natalie Wiksten{{cite web |url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Person/Details/9357 |title=Natalie Wiksten |website=results.worldcurling.org |publisher=World Curling}} is also a curler; together they played on {{WMDCC|2017|World mixed doubles championship 2017}} (12-y.o. Natalie was the youngest player in history of all "adult" world curling championships) and won gold on 2020 Danish MD championship.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/04/28/its-a-fairy-tale-that-wont-stop-12-year-old-curler-and-dad-dream-of-olympic-berth/ |title='It's a fairy tale that won't stop': 12-year-old curler and dad dream of Olympic berth |newspaper=The Washington Post |author=Marissa Payne |date=29 April 2017}}[https://medlem.goteborgcurling.se/team/den-wiksten-wiksten/ DEN Wiksten/Wiksten – Göteborgs Curlingklubb] {{in lang|sv}}{{cite web |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/05/01/nathalie-wiksten-curling-world-championship/ |title=12-year-old competes at world curling championship - OlympicTalk |publisher=NBC Sports |date=1 May 2017 |author=Nick Zaccardi}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{sports links}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20220226090222/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-profile-n1032325-kasper-wiksten.htm Kasper Wiksten] at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20210118135820/https://www.nordicjuniorcurling.net/tournaments/players/827 Kasper Wiksten (as a coach) at the Nordic Junior Curling Tour]
- [https://www.go-talent.dk/user/521344 Kasper Wiksten og - Go-Talent DK]
- {{Facebook|kwiksten}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Hvidovre Municipality
Category:Danish curling champions
Category:Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic curlers for Denmark
Category:Curlers from the Capital Region of Denmark
Category:21st-century Danish sportsmen
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