Henrik Leek
Henrik Leek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | 15th March 1990 (age 30) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Harnösand , Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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nation | Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
society | Sundbybergs CK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Alternate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing hand | right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | active | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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last change: April 10, 2018 |
Henrik Leek (born March 15, 1990 in Härnösand ) is a Swedish curler. He is currently playing as a substitute in Niklas Edin's team .
Career
Leek played for the first time internationally at the Junior World Championships in 2009 as a substitute for the Swedish team around Skip Oskar Eriksson and came fourth there. At the Junior World Championship in 2011 he played second and won the gold medal.
At his first European championship in 2014 he was - as at the following world and European championships - as a substitute in the Swedish team around Skip Niklas Edin. The Swedes beat Norway in the final with Skip Thomas Ulsrud and won the gold medal. At his first World Cup in 2015 , this final pairing came up again and this time too, Leek and the Swedish team retained the upper hand. It was followed by a gold medal at the 2015 European Championships ; in the final the Swedish team won against Switzerland with Peter de Cruz . The winning streak broke at the 2016 World Cup , in which Leek only came in sixth place. At the 2016 European Championships , however, the gold medal was won again, again through a win against the Norwegians and Thomas Ulsrud. At the 2017 World Cup , Leek was able to move into the final; the Swedes lost there but Canada with Skip Brad Gushue and won the silver medal. At the European Championships in the same year he achieved the fourth victory in a row with the Swedes after the Scottish team with Skip Kyle Smith could be defeated in the final . At the 2018 World Cup there was a new edition of the final pairing from 2017. This time the Swedish team with Leek as a substitute with a 7-3 win over the Canadians around Brad Gushue got the upper hand and won the gold medal.
Leek and his teammates (Skip: Niklas Edin, Third: Oskar Eriksson, Second: Rasmus Wranå , Lead: Christoffer Sundgren ) represented Sweden as a substitute in the men's team competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics . After seven wins and two defeats, they finished the Round Robin first. In the semifinals they defeated Switzerland with Skip Peter de Cruz . In the final they were defeated by the US team led by John Shuster with 7:10 and won the silver medal.
Web links
- Henrik Leek on Worldcurling.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ From playing Yatzy on tour to the Olympic Winter Games. In: World Curling Federation. August 27, 2017, accessed January 13, 2018 .
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SURNAME | Leek, Henrik |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish curler |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1990 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Harnösand |