Magnus Nedregotten

Magnus Nedregotten
Curler
Born (1990-10-24) 24 October 1990
Stavanger, Norway
Team
Curling club Oppdal CK,
Oppdal, NOR
Skip Steffen Walstad
Third Markus Høiberg
Second Magnus Nedregotten
Lead Magnus Vågberg
Alternate Steffen Mellemseter
Career
World Championship
appearances		 2 (2017, 2018)
Olympic
appearances		 1 (2018)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Norway
Winter Olympics
2018 PyeongchangMixed doubles
World Junior Curling Championships
2011 Perth
World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
2015 Sochi
European Mixed Curling Championship
2014 Copenhagen
Winter Universiade
2015 Granada

Magnus Victor Nedregotten (born 24 October 1990) is a Norwegian curler. He currently plays second for the Steffen Walstad rink.[1]

Junior career

Nedregotten represented Norway in three World Junior Curling Championships. At the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships he played lead for the Steffen Mellemseter. The team would finish in 5th place. At the 2011 World Junior Curling Championships he played second for the team, which would win a bronze medal. At the 2012 World Junior Curling Championships, Nedregotten played third for the Norwegian team, skipped by Markus Snøve Høiberg. The team would finish 4th.

Nedregotten would play on the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences team at both the 2013 and 2015 Winter Universiade, playing second in both events. In 2013, the team, skipped by Høiberg finished 4th while in 2015, the team (skipped by Walstad) would win the gold medal.

Mixed doubles curling

Nedregotten (left) with Skaslien

Nedregotten would find much of his success in mixed curling. In mixed doubles, Nedregotten and partner Kristin Moen Skaslien 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.[2]

Mixed curling

Nedregotten has also represented Norway at the European Mixed Curling Championship, playing second for Walstad in both events. At the 2012 European Mixed Curling Championship, the team finished 5th and at the 2014 European Mixed Curling Championship the team brought back a silver medal for Norway.

Men's career

Nedregotten won the Norwegian men's championship in 2016 with Høiberg skipping, though the team was not chosen to represent Norway at the World Championships. Walstad took over as skip of the team in 2016. The team did qualify for the 2017 World Men's Curling Championship, where they finished 8th.

Personal life

Nedregotten was also a competitive skier. He attended the Norway School of Sports Sciences. He is in a relationship with his doubles partner, Kristin Skaslien.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "NEDREGOTTEN Magnus Victor - Biographie". Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
  2. ↑ "Russian curler stripped of Winter Olympics medal after admitting doping". www.theguardian.com. The Guardian. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  3. ↑ https://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-2018/results/en/curling/athlete-profile-n3024298-magnus-nedregotten.htm
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