Magnus Vågberg
{{short description|Norwegian curler}}
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{{Infobox curler
| name = Magnus Vågberg
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|12|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Oslo, Norway{{cite web |url=https://www.curlingworldcup.com/players/magnus-vaagberg |title=PLAYERS > MAGNUS VAAGBERG |website=CurlingWorldCup.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406191537/www.curlingworldcup.com/players/magnus-vaagberg |archive-date=6 April 2019}}
| Curling club = Oppdal CK,
Oppdal, NOR
| Skip = Steffen Walstad
| Third = Magnus Nedregotten
| Second = Mathias Brænden
| Lead = Magnus Vågberg
| Alternate = Andreas Hårstad
| Member Association = {{NOR}}
| World Championship appearances = 2 ({{WMCC|2018}}, {{WMCC|2021}})
| European Championship appearances = 4 ({{EuCC|2018}}, {{EuCC|2019}}, {{EuCC|2021}}, {{EuCC|2022}})
| Olympic appearances = 1 (2022)
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{{MedalSport | Men's Curling }}
{{MedalCountry | {{NOR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Junior Championships }}
{{MedalBronze | 2017 Pyeongchang | }}
{{MedalCompetition | Norwegian Men's Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 2018 Lillehammer | }}
{{MedalSilver | 2020 Oslo | }}
{{MedalSilver | 2022 Trondheim | }}
{{MedalBronze | 2017 Lillehammer | }}
{{MedalBronze | 2023 Oppdal | }}
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Magnus Trulsen Vågberg (born 23 December 1995) is a Norwegian curler from Bærums Verk.{{Cite web |url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2021/03/2021-BKT-Tires-OK-Tire-World-Mens-Curling-Championship-media-guide.pdf |title=2021 BKT Tires-OK Tires World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide |website=Curling Canada |access-date=30 March 2021}} He currently plays lead for the Steffen Walstad rink.
Career
=Juniors=
Vågberg competed for Norway in two World Junior Curling Championships, playing second on Team Magnus Ramsfjell. At the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships, the team finished with a 5-4 record, missing the playoffs. At the 2017 World Junior Curling Championships, the team had much more success, finishing the round robin with a 6-3 record, and then after losing to Scotland in the 3 vs. 4 game, they would defeat the Scots in a re-match to claim the bronze medal.
=Men's=
After juniors, Vågberg joined the Walstad rink. The team would make it to the finals of the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge, his first career Grand Slam event, losing to Brad Gushue. Later in the season, the team would represent Norway at the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship, where they finished in fifth place.
Vågberg played lead on Team Norway at the 2018 and 2019 European Curling Championships. In 2018, his team just missed the playoffs with a 5–4 record and in 2019, they once again finished 5–4. Vågberg returned to the Worlds in 2021 at the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship where his team of skip Steffen Walstad, third Torger Nergård and second Markus Høiberg finished in eighth with a 7–6 record.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/article/2021-world-mens-curling-championship-scores-schedule-standings-results/ |title=2021 World men's curling championship: Scores, schedule and standings |website=Sportsnet |access-date=11 April 2021}}
Personal life
He is the son of curlers Trine Trulsen Vågberg and Lars Vågberg.{{cite web |url=https://opp.no/2017/05/sport/62468/ |title=Kapret stornavn til VM-laget - Opp |website=opp.no |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408141304/https://opp.no/2017/05/sport/62468/ |archive-date=8 April 2018}} He represented the curling club Jar IL{{cite news |title=NM-gull til Jar og Stabekk |date=26 January 2016 |work=Budstikka |language=no}} before joining Oppdal Curlingklubb.
References
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External links
- {{World Curling}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|magnus-trulsen-vaagberg|Magnus Trulsen Vaagberg}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20220307092228/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-profile-n1031400-magnus-vaagberg.htm Magnus Vaagberg] at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived)
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Category:Sportspeople from Bærum
Category:Norwegian male curlers
Category:Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic curlers for Norway
Category:21st-century Norwegian sportsmen
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