Magnus Swartling
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Magnus Swartling (born February 19, 1970 in Uppsala
Uppsala
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) is a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 curler
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

 and world champion.

He won a gold medal in the 1997, 2001 and 2004 World Curling Championships
World Curling Championships
The World Curling Championships are annual curling events which showcase the world's best curlers, organized by the World Curling Federation. There are men's, women's and mixed championships. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's in 1979...

, all three times with skip Peja Lindholm
Peja Lindholm
Peter "Peja" Rutger Lindholm is a Swedish curler. He is a three-time world champion skip, winning in 1997, 2001 and 2004. He is also a two-time European champion and a former world junior champion .Lindholm announced his retirement from curling following the 2007 European Curling Championships...

, and received silver medals in 1998 and 2000.

Swartling is European champion
European Curling Championships
The European Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments held in Europe between various European nations and hosted by the European Curling Federation. The European Curling Championships are usually held in early to mid December...

 from 1998 and 2001 (with skip Peja Lindholm), and has received a total of seven medals in the European championships.

Swartling has normally played Second on Lindholm's team.

Swartling participated on the European team in the Continental Cup of Curling
Continental Cup of Curling
The Continental Cup of Curling is a curling tournament held annually between teams from North America against teams from the rest of the world. Each side is represented by six teams , and compete using a unique points system. The tournament is modeled after golf's Ryder Cup...

in 2002, 2003 and 2004. In 2003 he was top male (with 22 pts) in the singles competition.
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