Niklas Edin is one of the most decorated curlers on the planet. At home in Karlstad, Sweden, most of his plaques and trophies simply take up space.
“Piled up with the clothes,” said Edin, who has won five world championships, including the last three.
His two Olympic medals — a bronze from 2014 and a silver from 2018 — occupy a more prominent area of real estate in a glass cabinet. Edin, 36, is proud of them, of course.
“But we’re still missing the gold,” he said in an interview in January. “So I guess it puts a lot of extra pressure on you, because you don’t get too many chances at these.