31 Facts About Oskar Eriksson

Oskar Ingemar Eriksson was born on 29 May 1991 and is a Swedish curler from Karlstad.

Oskar Eriksson currently plays third for the Niklas Edin rink.

Oskar Eriksson holds the record for most gold medals in international competitions as recognized by the World Curling Federation.

Oskar Eriksson is the only member of Team Sweden to have competed in all of the World Men's Curling Championships from 2011 to 2024.

Oskar Eriksson followed his older brothers Anders Eriksson and Markus Eriksson into the sport, but his skill level advanced more rapidly.

Oskar Eriksson was part of a curling team at age seven, debuting in Sweden's Elite Series at the age of thirteen.

Oskar Eriksson won his first Swedish Men's Curling Championship title in his junior career and has gone on to win eight more championship titles since then.

At those three World Junior Championships, Oskar Eriksson skipped two different Swedish teams, winning a total of 24 games and losing only 9.

Oskar Eriksson made his first run for a junior world championship title when he was sixteen at the 2008 World Junior Curling Championships, skipping his first team to a silver medal.

In 2008, Oskar Eriksson moved to Harnosand to join other promising curlers at Harnosands gymnasium.

Oskar Eriksson skipped Team CK Granit-Gavle, consisting of Ludwig Grann, Erik Olund, and Magnus Rudstrom, at the 2012 Swedish Junior Curling Championships with the aim of qualifying for the World Junior Curling Championship.

Oskar Eriksson's team was undefeated until the finals, but there they came in second place to the team from Sundyberg, skipped by his future teammate Rasmus Wrana, whose team won silver at the 2012 World Junior Curling Championships.

Shortly after joining Team Lit in 2008, Oskar Eriksson played simultaneously with two teams.

Oskar Eriksson skipped the team for most of this period through 2014.

Oskar Eriksson played his first full games at a major championship in the senior division at the 2011 European Curling Championships in the final two round-robin draws.

Oskar Eriksson played this position in the playoffs, in which Team Sweden won its second World Curling Championship bronze medal.

Oskar Eriksson made his first Olympic appearances with Team Edin, coming in fourth in the 2010 Winter Olympics and receiving a bronze medal in the 2014 Winter Olympics.

In 2012, the team had relocated to Karlstad, with Markus Oskar Eriksson joining the team, following the departure of Leek and Alexander Lindstrom, and they continued to expand their international competition aims.

In May 2014, Edin and Team Eriksson agreed to form a new Team Edin, with Edin skipping the team in the fourth position and Oskar Eriksson playing third along with, Kristian Lindstrom playing second and Christoffer Sundgren in the lead position.

Oskar Eriksson currently competes in mixed doubles curling and has formerly competed in mixed curling.

Oskar Eriksson has continued to play mixed curling, primarily in the Continental Cup.

In 2019 Hasselborg and Oskar Eriksson were selected to represent Sweden in the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, where they won the gold medal over Team Canada in their championship debut.

In preparation for the Winter Olympics, De Val and Oskar Eriksson had completed an intense training season under controlled conditions, but when one of their coaches tested positive for COVID-19, their arrival in Beijing was delayed until the day before the competition.

Oskar Eriksson holds the most gold medals in the World Curling Championships, winning seven World Men's Curling Championship gold and the World Mixed Doubles Championship gold in 2019.

Oskar Eriksson is the first and only World Junior Curling Champion to win gold medals in two different disciplines in the senior division.

Currently, Oskar Eriksson is the only Swedish curler to have taken part in fourteen consecutive World Curling Championships in the men's division.

Oskar Eriksson has competed in thirteen consecutive European Curling Championships, winning seven gold medals, a record that he shares only with Niklas Edin.

In 2019, Oskar Eriksson became the first curler in history to hold three key gold medals in a single calendar year: the World Curling Championship, the European Curling Championship, and the World Mixed Doubles Championship.

Oskar Eriksson has reached 37 playoffs at Grand Slam of Curling events, all but one with Team Edin.

Oskar Eriksson currently holds the most championship titles in the Swedish Mixed Doubles Curling Championships, with five total and ranks second in Swedish Men's Curling Championship history, with nine titles, a ranking that he shares only with Peter Narup.

In 2012, Oskar Eriksson was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.