{{Short description|Norwegian curler (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox curler | name = Gaute Nepstad | image = | image_size = 250 | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|09|09|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bergen]], Norway<ref name="Media Guide"/> | Curling club = | Skip = | Third = | Second = | Lead = | Alternate = | Member Association = {{NOR}} | World Championship appearances = 4 ({{WMCC|2022}}, {{WMCC|2023}}, {{WMCC|2024}}, {{WMCC|2025}}) | European Championship appearances = 3 ({{EuCC|2023}}, {{EuCC|2024}}, {{EuCC|2025}}) | Olympic appearances = 1 ([[Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2026]]) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | [[Curling]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{NOR}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[European Curling Championships|European Championships]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2024 European Curling Championships|2024 Lohja]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Junior Curling Championships]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2014 World Junior Curling Championships|2014 Flims]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Winter Universiade]] }} {{MedalGold | [[Curling at the 2019 Winter Universiade|2019 Krasnoyarsk]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Norwegian Men's Curling Championship]] }} {{MedalGold | 2022 Trondheim | }} {{MedalGold | 2023 Oppdal | }} {{MedalGold | 2026 Lillehammer | }} {{MedalSilver | 2014 Trondheim{{cn|date=September 2025}} | }} {{MedalSilver | 2025 Halden | }} {{MedalBronze | 2024 Oslo | }} }}
'''Gaute Nepstad''' (born 9 September 1994 in [[Bergen]]) is a retired Norwegian [[curling|curler]], originally from [[Ottestad]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stangeavisa.no/2022/sport/gaute-fra-ottestad-far-trolig-spille-vm-i-las-vegas/ |website=Stangeavisa |title=Gaute fra Ottestad får trolig spille VM i Las Vegas |accessdate=10 April 2022 |language=no}}</ref> in the [[Hamar]] area. He played [[lead (curling)|lead]] on the 2024 European Bronze Medalist [[Magnus Ramsfjell]] team from [[Trondheim]]. He currently lives and studies in Trondheim.<ref name="stange">{{cite web |url=https://www.stangeavisa.no/2022/sport/snart-reiser-gaute-til-las-vegas-for-a-spille-curling-vm-det-startet-med-baering-av-steiner-til-en-liten-isflate-utenfor-hoberg-barnehage/ |website=Stangeavisa |title=Snart reiser Gaute til Las Vegas for å spille curling-VM: Det startet med bæring av steiner til en liten isflate utenfor Hoberg barnehage |accessdate=10 April 2022 |language=no}}</ref>
==Curling career== ===Juniors=== Nepstad began curling at the age of 11, when he and his friends wanted to try the sport. He played on a frozen [[association football]] pitch in Ottestad, near his childhood home. Eventually, he started travelling to a club in [[Lillehammer]] with better ice conditions. In 2009, he was the runner-up at the Norwegian U17 boys championship.<ref name="stange"/>
Nepstad was a member the Norwegian junior men's team at the [[2013 World Junior Curling Championships|2013]], [[2014 World Junior Curling Championships|2014]] and [[2015 World Junior Curling Championships]]. In 2013 and 2014, the team was skipped by [[Eirik Mjøen]]. In 2013, Nepstad was the alternate on the team, but played in five games. The team finished in 5th place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/476 |website=World Curling Federation |title=World Junior Curling Championships 2013 |accessdate=10 April 2022}}</ref> In 2014, Nepstad played lead on the team. After finishing the round robin in first place with a 7–2 record, the team lost the semifinal to Switzerland, but won the bronze medal game against Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/484 |website=World Curling Federation |title=World Junior Curling Championships 2014 |accessdate=10 April 2022}}</ref> In 2015, Nepstad [[skip (curling)|skip]]ped the team, but threw lead rocks. He led his team of [[Markus Skogvold]], [[Martin Sesaker]] and [[Wilhelm Naess]] to a 4–5 record, finishing in sixth place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/526 |website=World Curling Federation |title=World Junior Curling Championships 2015 |accessdate=10 April 2022}}</ref> That year, Nepstad won the WJCC Sportsmanship Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Award/Details/Wjccsportsmanshipmen |website=World Curling Federation |title=WJCC Sportsmanship Award, Men |accessdate=10 April 2022}}</ref> After juniors, Nepstad stopped curling for awhile.<ref name="stange"/>
===Men's=== After taking a break from curling, Nepstead returned to curling in 2019 and played [[lead (curling)|lead]] on Team Norway at the [[2019 Winter Universiade]], on a team skipped by [[Magnus Ramsfjell]]. The team went on to win the gold medal.<ref name="krsk2019">{{cite web |url=https://krsk2019.com/en/news_items/2200 |website=krsk2019.com |title=Magnus Ramsfjell, skip of Norway team, "It is beyond any words! We are best at the Universiade!" |accessdate=31 March 2019}}</ref>
The Magnus Ramsfjell rink, with Nepstad throwing [[lead (curling)|lead]] stones won the 2022 [[Norwegian Men's Curling Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=7298&eventtypeid=81&view=Main#1 |website=CurlingZone |title=Ramsfjell wins 2022 Norwegian Men's Championship |accessdate=3 April 2022}}</ref> It was Nepstad's first national men's championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stangeavisa.no/2022/sport/10-fra-stange-i-curling-nm-gaute-fra-ottestad-ble-norgesmester/ |website=Stangeavisa |title=10 fra Stange i curling-NM: Gaute fra Ottestad ble norgesmester! |accessdate=10 April 2022 |language=no}}</ref> The team was chosen to represent Norway at the [[2022 World Men's Curling Championship]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://curling.no/2022/03/lag-ramsfjell-fra-trondheim-ck-skal-representere-norge-i-las-vegas/ |website=Norges curlingforbund |title=Lag Ramsfjell fra Trondheim CK skal representere Norge i Las Vegas |date=30 March 2022 |accessdate=3 April 2022 |language=no}}</ref> where they finished in 10th with a 5–7 record.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/709 |website=World Curling Federation |title=LGT World Men's Curling Championship 2022 |accessdate=10 April 2022}}</ref> That season, the team also won the 2021 [[Prague Classic]] [[World Curling Tour]] event.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=6931 |website=CurlingZone |title=Prague Classic |accessdate=10 April 2022}}</ref>
During the [[2022–23 curling season]], the team won the Norwegian men's championship again and won the 2022 [[Curling Masters Champéry]] World Curling Tour event.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=7429&teamid=164194&profileid=31364&teamid=164193&profileid= |website=CurlingZone |title=Champion: Ramsfjell Wins Curling Masters Champery |accessdate=2 April 2023}}</ref> They also played in the [[2022 Masters (curling)|2022 Masters]] and [[2023 Canadian Open (curling)|2023 Canadian Open]] [[Grand Slam of Curling]] events. They made it to the semifinals of the Masters and failed to qualify for the playoffs in the Canadian Open.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/teams/team-ramsfjell/ |website=Grand Slam of Curling |title=Team Ramsfjell |accessdate=2 April 2023}}</ref> The team was chosen to represent Norway once again at the [[2023 World Men's Curling Championship]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kommunikasjon.ntb.no/pressemelding/curling-nm-for-damer-og-herrer-spilles-i-helgen?publisherId=17847957&releaseId=17959040 |website=NTB Kommunikasjon |title=Curling-NM for damer og herrer spilles i helgen |date=9 March 2023 |accessdate=3 April 2023 |language=no}}</ref> where they went 10–2 in the round robin. This put the team in the playoffs, where they lost to Italy (skipped by [[Joël Retornaz]]) in the qualification game. The following week, the team played in the [[2023 Players' Championship]], where they went 2–3, missing the playoffs. Team Ramsfjell would win their first men's international medal at the [[2024 European Curling Championships]], where they would finish round-robin play with a 6–3 record and after losing in the semifinals, would beat Switzerland's [[Yannick Schwaller]] 7–4 to win the bronze medal.
Team Ramsfjell would represent Norway at the [[Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2026 Winter Olympics]], where they would qualify for the playoffs after finishing round robin with a 5–4 record. However, they would lose to Canada's [[Brad Jacobs]] in the semifinals and Switzerland's [[Yannick Schwaller]] 9–1 in the bronze medal game to finish in 4th place. Nepstad would then announce his retirement at the end of the [[2025–26 curling season]] to "pursue other personal goals".<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.facebook.com/thegrandslamofcurling/posts/norways-team-ramsfjell-have-some-news-to-announcegaute-nepstad-has-decided-to-st/1399668712205652/|title=Team Ramsfjell Announcement|publisher=Facebook|access-date=May 6, 2026}}</ref>
==Personal life== Nepstad works as a data scientist for SpareBank 1 SMN.<ref name="Media Guide">{{Cite web |url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2025/03/2025-BKT-World-Mens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-V1.pdf |title=2025 World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide |website=Curling Canada |access-date=24 March 2025 |archive-date=24 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324190145/https://www.curling.ca/files/2025/03/2025-BKT-World-Mens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-V1.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{CurlingZone|25154}} * {{World Curling|6916}} * [https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/results/athlete-details/42303 Gaute Nepstad] at [[Milano Cortina 2026]] * {{Olympics.com|gaute-nepstad}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats}}
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