Magnus Vågberg
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| Born | 23 December 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Oppdal CK, Oppdal, NOR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Steffen Walstad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Magnus Nedregotten | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Mathias Brænden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Magnus Vågberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternate | Andreas Hårstad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 2 (2018, 2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship appearances | 4 (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic appearances | 1 (2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Magnus Trulsen Vågberg (born 23 December 1995) is a Norwegian curler from Bærums Verk.[2] He currently plays lead for the Steffen Walstad rink.
Career
[edit]Juniors
[edit]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
[edit]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.[3]
Personal life
[edit]He is the son of curlers Trine Trulsen Vågberg and Lars Vågberg.[4] He represented the curling club Jar IL[5] before joining Oppdal.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "PLAYERS > MAGNUS VAAGBERG". CurlingWorldCup.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019.
- ^ "2021 BKT Tires-OK Tires World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "2021 World men's curling championship: Scores, schedule and standings". Sportsnet. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Kapret stornavn til VM-laget - Opp". opp.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 8 April 2018.
- ^ "NM-gull til Jar og Stabekk". Budstikka (in Norwegian). 26 January 2016.
External links
[edit]- Magnus Vågberg at World Curling
- Magnus Vågberg at Olympedia
- Magnus Trulsen Vaagberg at Olympics.com
- Magnus Vaagberg at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived)
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