Jesper Wecksell
| Jesper Wecksell | ||
| Player information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nickname | JW | |
| More nicknames | JeSpErW, JWonderchild | |
| Date of birth | February 23, 1995 | |
| country code |
 Sweden
|
|
| game | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | |
| team | fnatic (since 2017) | |
| Former teams | WRTT (until 2012) Epsilon eSports (2012–2013) fnatic (2013–2016) Godsent (2016–2017) |
|
| page | Profile page on fnatic.com | |
Jesper "JW" Wecksell (born February 23, 1995 ) is a Swedish e-athlete who became known through his success in the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive discipline with the fnatic team .
Career
Wecksell celebrated his first successes at Epsilon eSports , where he played from December 2012 to July 2013. With this team, the Swede , who plays under the nickname JW , achieved second place at the 2013 Swedish Championships and at the DreamHack Summer 2013. In August 2013, JW was signed to fnatic . The first major success among the new team was winning the first major , the DreamHack Winter 2013 . Fnatic surprisingly beat the ninjas in pajamas in the final. After Freddy "KRiMZ" Johansson and Olof "olofm" Kajbjer joined the team in June 2014, his team was finally at the top of the world. After fnatic failed in the final against the ninjas in pajamas at ESL One Cologne 2014 , Wecksell and his team won the Electronic Sports World Cup and the FACEIT finals , the Fragbite Masters and the ESEA League towards the end of the year . In 2015, JW won over 60,000 US dollars at the three major tournaments ESL One Katowice 2015 , ESL One Cologne 2015 and ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 alone .
On August 15, 2016, he and his teammates Robin “flusha” Rönnquist and Freddy “KRiMZ” Johansson moved to Godsent , which had been founded a few weeks earlier by former teammate Markus “pronax” Wallsten . The team qualified for the Eleague Major: Atlanta 2017 , dropped out in the preliminary round. Wecksell returned to fnatic in February 2017.
In March 2018, Wecksell won the World Championship of the twelfth season of the Intel Extreme Masters and the second finals World Electronic Sports Games with fnatic .
successes
The following table shows the main achievements of JW. Since Counter-Strike is played in teams of five, the prize money shown corresponds to one fifth of the total prize money won by the respective team.
| year | space | competition | team | Personal prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2. | DreamHack Summer 2013 |
Epsilon eSports
|
8,000 SEK |
| 2013 | 2. | E-Sport SM 2013 Finals |
Epsilon eSports |
8,000 SEK |
| 2013 | 2. | MSI Beat it! 2013 Grand Finals |
fnatic
|
$ 1,400 |
| 2013 | 1. | DreamHack Winter 2013 |
fnatic |
$ 20,000 |
| 2014 | 5th - 8th | ESL One Katowice 2015 |
fnatic |
$ 2,000 |
| 2014 | 1. | E-Sport SM 2014 Finals |
fnatic |
10,000 SEK |
| 2014 | 3rd - 4th | Gfinity G3 Lan |
fnatic |
$ 1,000 |
| 2014 | 2. | ESL One Cologne 2014 |
fnatic |
$ 10,000 |
| 2014 | 1. | SLTV StarSeries Season X |
fnatic |
$ 2,800 |
| 2014 | 1. | FaceIT League Season 2 Finals |
fnatic |
$ 4,000 |
| 2014 | 1. | ESWC 2014 |
fnatic |
$ 4,000 |
| 2014 | 1. | Fragbite Masters Season 3 |
fnatic |
32,000 SEK |
| 2014 | 5th - 8th | DreamHack Winter 2014 |
fnatic |
$ 2,000 |
| 2014 | 1. | ESEA Season 17 |
fnatic |
$ 4,000 |
| 2015 | 1. | Clutch Con 2015 |
fnatic |
$ 1,600 |
| 2015 | 1. | iOS Pantamera |
fnatic |
€ 3,000 |
| 2015 | 1. | King of Majors |
fnatic |
$ 2,600 |
| 2015 | 1. | ESL One Katowice 2015 |
fnatic |
$ 20,000 |
| 2015 | 2. | ESEA Season 18 |
fnatic |
$ 5,000 |
| 2015 | 2. | CCS Finals Season 1 |
fnatic |
$ 4,000 |
| 2015 | 1. | DreamHack Tours 2015 |
fnatic |
$ 4,000 |
| 2015 | 1. | Gfinity 2015 Spring Masters II |
fnatic |
$ 5,000 |
| 2015 | 2. | Fragbite Masters Season 4 |
fnatic |
25,000 SEK |
| 2015 | 1. | DreamHack Summer 2015 |
fnatic |
$ 4,000 |
| 2015 | 1. | ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 EU Division |
fnatic |
$ 3,600 |
| 2015 | 1. | ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 Finals |
fnatic |
$ 20,000 |
| 2015 | 1. | ESL One Cologne 2015 |
fnatic |
$ 20,000 |
| 2015 | 1. | Fragbite Masters Champions Showdown |
fnatic |
16,000 SEK |
| 2015 | 3rd - 4th | ESL ESEA Pro League Dubai Invitational 2015 |
fnatic |
$ 5,000 |
| 2015 | 2. | Gfinity Champion of Champions 2015 |
fnatic |
$ 6,000 |
| 2015 | 5th - 8th | DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 |
fnatic |
$ 2,000 |
| 2015 | 2. | ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 EU Division |
fnatic |
$ 3,000 |
| 2015 | 1. |
FaceIT League 2015 Stage 3 at DreamHack Winter 2015 |
fnatic |
$ 20,000 |
| 2015 | 1. | Fragbite Masters Season 5 |
fnatic |
45,000 SEK |
| 2015 | 1. | ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 Finals |
fnatic |
$ 20,000 |
| 2016 | 1. | Star Ladder i-League XIV Finals |
fnatic |
$ 18,000 |
| 2016 | 1. | ESL Expo Barcelona CS: GO Invitational |
fnatic |
€ 6,400 |
| 2016 | 1. | IEM X - World Championship |
fnatic |
$ 20,800 |
| 2016 | 5th - 8th | MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016 |
fnatic |
$ 7,000 |
| 2016 | 3rd - 4th | ESL Pro League Season 3 Finals |
fnatic |
$ 8,800 |
| 2016 | 3rd - 4th | Esports Championship Series Season 1 Finals |
fnatic |
$ 16,000 |
| 2016 | 3rd - 4th | ESL One Cologne 2016 |
fnatic |
$ 14,000 |
| 2016 | 2. | Eleague Season 1 |
fnatic |
$ 28,000 |
| 2016 | 1. | European Minor - ELEAGUE Major 2017 |
Godsent
|
$ 6,000 |
| 2016 | 3rd - 4th | DreamHack Winter 2016 |
Godsent |
$ 2,000 |
| 2017 | 2. | DreamHack Summer 2017 |
fnatic |
$ 4,000 |
| 2017 | 5th - 8th | PGL Major: Kraków 2017 |
fnatic |
$ 7,000 |
| 2017 | 5th - 8th | ELEAGUE CS: GO Premier 2017 |
fnatic |
$ 7,000 |
| 2017 | 3rd - 4th | ESL Pro League Season 6 - Finals |
fnatic |
$ 12,000 |
| 2017 | 3rd - 4th | Esports Championship Series Season 4 Finals |
fnatic |
$ 13,000 |
| 2018 | 5th - 8th | Eleague Major: Boston 2018 |
fnatic |
$ 7,000 |
| 2018 | 1. | IEM XII - World Championship: Katowice |
fnatic |
$ 50,600 |
| 2018 | 1. | World Electronic Sports Games 2017 Finals |
fnatic |
$ 160,000 |
| 2019 | 2. | ESL Pro League Season 10: Finals |
fnatic
|
$ 16,000 |
Web links
- Jesper Wecksell's Twitter account
- Jesper Wecksell's Twitch Channel
- Statistics about Jesper Wecksell on hltv.org
- List of JW prizes won on esportsearnings.com
- Liquipedia article about Jesper Wecksell
Individual evidence
- ↑ Epsilon pick up WRTT. hltv.org, December 16, 2012, accessed on September 13, 2015 .
- ^ Epsilon part ways with CS: GO squad. hltv.org, July 24, 2013, accessed on September 13, 2015 .
- ↑ fnatic sign ex-Epsilon. hltv.org, August 6, 2013, accessed on September 13, 2015 .
- ↑ Fnatic and GODSENT swap players. In: www.onlinewelten.com. Retrieved August 16, 2016 .
- ^ Fnatic & Godsent Transfer Agreement. Fnatic , February 4, 2017, accessed July 23, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wecksell, Jesper |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | JW (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish e-athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1995 |