Steffen Walstad | |
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Curler | |
Born | 10 February 1989 |
Team | |
Fourth | Steffen Walstad |
Third | Markus Høiberg |
Second | Magnus Nedregotten |
Lead | Alexander Lindström |
Alternate | Sander Rølvåg |
Career | |
World Championship appearances |
1 (2017) |
Medal record
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Steffen Walstad (born 10 February 1989 in Oppdal) is a Norwegian curler from Oslo.
Walstad played in three World Junior Curling Championships, from 2008 to 2010 inclusive. At the 2008 World Junior Curling Championships he played third for the Kristian Rolvsfjord rink, finishing in 4th place. At the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships he played second for the team, finishing in 5th place. And at the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships, he played second for the Steffen Mellemseter, finishing 5th overall.
Walstad has played in four Winter Universiades; playing in the 2011 Winter Universiade, he played third for Markus Høiberg, finishing 7th. The team represented Norway again at the 2013 Winter Universiade, where they improved to a fourth place finish. At the 2015 Winter Universiade, Walstad skipped the University of Oslo rink to a gold medal, defeating Russia's Evgeny Arkhipov in the final. Walstad again skipped Norway at the 2017 Winter Universiade, where he won a bronze medal.
Walstad has won two Norwegian men's championships, in 2016 and 2017. His 2017 win included a best-of-three playoff against perennial Norwegian national team skip Thomas Ulsrud to represent Norway at the World Championships, which they won, earning Walstad a right to represent Norway at the 2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship.