Niklas Edin

Johan Niklas Edin (born 6 July 1985) is a retired Swedish curler. He holds several sport distinctions. He is the first and the only skip in World Curling Federation (WCF) history to win three Olympic medals – gold (2022), silver (2018), and bronze (2014). He is also the only curler to skip men's curling teams to eight World Men's Curling Championship gold medals (2013, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2026). Edin is an eight-time European Curling Championship titleholder (2009, 2012, 2014–2017, 2019, 2025) and won four silver medals in those championships (2011, 2018, 2021, 2023). He is currently tied with his teammate Oskar Eriksson in first place on the WCF-recognized list of championship medals, with thirty-eight in total. He reached the playoffs in forty-eight Grand Slam of Curling events and won the Pinty's Cup with his current teammates, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wranå, and Christopher Sundgren. With the same lineup in 2022, Edin and his teammates also became the first and only men's curling team to win a fourth consecutive World Men's Curling Championship. Edin has played exclusively in the position of skip since 2007. Throughout his career, the team bearing his name has been one of the top ranked rinks on the World Curling Tour and was often the top ranked team in the world. He currently resides in Karlstad, which has been his curling home base since 2008.