Kjell Tommy Christoffer Sundgren was born on 31 July 1989 and is a Swedish curler.
13 Facts About Christoffer Sundgren
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Christoffer Sundgren currently plays lead for the Swedish national team, skipped by Niklas Edin.
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Christoffer Sundgren is one of only three curlers in history to have won both the Olympic Gold medal and five World Championship gold medals.
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Christoffer Sundgren has reached thirty-five playoffs at Grand Slam of Curling events, including winning three Grand Slam tournaments and the Pinty's Cup as part of Team Niklas Edin, the first non-Canadian men's team to do so.
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Christoffer Sundgren played for two curling teams as a junior curler before he entered university.
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Christoffer Sundgren began his university studies in Karlstad in the autumn of 2009 and played with various teams during this period.
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Christoffer Sundgren skipped the Swedish team at the 2011 Winter Universiade, leading the team of Alexander Nordgren, Axel Rosander, and Johan Spiik, though the team ended the tournament in 8th place.
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Christoffer Sundgren skipped his own team, Lag Christoffer Sundgren, for Karlstad in the Swedish Men's Junior Curling Championships, losing an extremely close final to his former teammates Oskar Eriksson, Kristian Lindstrom, Alexander Lindstrom, and Henrik Leek.
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Christoffer Sundgren rejoined them for the 2011 World Junior Curling Championships, winning the gold medal.
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In 2011, Christoffer Sundgren rejoined his former team in Lit for much of the season while Alexander Lindstrom was recovering from surgery, helping them finish in first place in Sweden's national Elite Series tour.
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Christoffer Sundgren played with the team on much the international seniors' tour for the first half of the year and again the end of the season at the European Masters.
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In May 2014, the team decided that Edin would take the skip's position, with Oskar Eriksson playing third, Kristian Lindstrom playing second and Christoffer Sundgren holding the lead position.
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Christoffer Sundgren graduated from Karlstad University with a Master of Science Degree.