Kristin Skaslien

Kristin Skaslien
Curler
Born (1986-01-18) 18 January 1986
Trondheim, Norway[1]
Team
Curling club Oppdal CK,
Oppdal
Skip Kristin Skaslien
Third Ingvild Skaga
Second Pia Trulsen
Lead Jenn Cunningham
Alternate Maia Ramsfjell
Career
World Championship
appearances		 5 (2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015)
European Championship
appearances		 10 (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Olympic
appearances		 1 (2018)
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing  Norway
Winter Olympics
2018 PyeongchangMixed doubles
World Mixed Doubles Championship
2015 Sochi
European Mixed Championship
2014 Copenhagen

Kristin Moen Skaslien (born 18 January 1986) is a Norwegian curler.

She was lead for the Norwegian team at the 2009 Mount Titlis World Women's Curling Championship in Gangneung, Korea, the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Swift Current, Canada.[2] the 2011 Capital One World Women's Curling Championship in Esbjerg, Denmark and the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship in Sapporo, Japan.

Mixed doubles career

In mixed doubles, Skaslien and partner Magnus Nedregotten have represented Norway in the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. The pair have finished 4th, 5th, 3rd, 9th, and 5th 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]

Personal life

Skaslien is in a relationship with Magnus Nedregotten, her mixed doubles partner. She works an operations analyst at Wilhelmsen Ships Service. She has an engineering degree in logistics from the Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences and a Master's in technology management from Trondheim Business School.[4]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.curlingworldcup.com/players/kristin-moen-skaslien
  2. ↑ "Teams and Athletes: Qualified Teams". World Women's Curling, Swift Current, 2010. Canadian Curling Association. Archived from the original on February 27, 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "Russian curler stripped of Winter Olympics medal after admitting doping". www.theguardian.com. The Guardian. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  4. ↑ https://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-2018/results/en/curling/athlete-profile-n3024294-kristin-skaslien.htm
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