{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Short description|Norwegian curler (born 1994)}} {{Infobox curler | name = Martin Sesaker | image = 12-01-20-yog-674.jpg | image_size = 250 | alt = | caption = Martin Sesaker | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|05|09|df=y}}<ref name="Media Guide">{{Cite web |url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2023/03/2023-BKT-Tires-OK-Tires-World-Mens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-1.pdf |title=2023 World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide |website=Curling Canada |access-date=1 April 2023 |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326171722/https://www.curling.ca/files/2023/03/2023-BKT-Tires-OK-Tires-World-Mens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-1.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Oslo]], Norway<ref name="Media Guide"/> | Curling club = [[Trondheim Curlingklubb|Trondheim CK]], <br> [[Trondheim|Trondheim, NOR]] | Skip = [[Magnus Ramsfjell]] | Third = '''Martin Sesaker''' | Second = [[Bendik Ramsfjell]] | Lead = [[Steffen Walstad]] | Alternate = [[Mathias Brænden]] | 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 | [[Youth Olympic Games]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[Curling at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics|2012 Innsbruck]] | [[Curling at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]] }} }}
'''Martin Sesaker''' (born 9 May 1994) is a Norwegian [[curling|curler]] from [[Trondheim]].<ref name="Media Guide"/> He currently plays [[Third (curling)|third]] on the Norwegian men's curling team skipped by [[Magnus Ramsfjell]].
==Career== ===Juniors=== Sesaker made his international début for Norway at the [[2012 Winter Youth Olympics]], throwing fourth stones on the team, [[skip (curling)|skipped]] by [[Markus Skogvold]]. The team finished pool play with a 3–4 record, putting them in a tie with China. The team went on to beat China in a tiebreaker game, but lost in the quarter-finals to Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/437 |title=1st Winter Youth Olympic Games 2012 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref> Sesaker was then paired with [[Kim Eun-bi]] of South Korea for the [[Curling at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed doubles|mixed doubles competition]]. The team made it all the way to the final where they faced off against the pair of [[Michael Brunner]] of Switzerland and [[Nicole Muskatewitz]] of Germany. In the final, Sesaker and Kim were downed 13–2, settling for silver.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/443 |title=1st Winter Youth Olympic Games 2012 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref>
The following season, Sesaker joined the Norwegian junior men's team, playing [[second (curling)|second]] on the team, which was skipped by [[Eirik Mjøen]]. The team played in the [[2013 World Junior Curling Championships]], where they finished in fifth place, with a 5–4 record.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/476 |title=World Junior Curling Championships 2013 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref> The following year, Sesaker played as the team's alternate at the [[2014 World Junior Curling Championships]]. The team finished the round-robin in first place with a 7–2 record. In the playoffs however, they lost both the 1 vs. 2 games to Scotland, then the semifinal to Switzerland, before rebounding in the bronze medal game against Canada, which they won 7–5. Sesaker played in four games at the event.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/484 |title=World Junior Curling Championships 2014 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref> Sesaker was promoted to the team's third at the [[2015 World Junior Curling Championships]]. The team, now skipped by [[Gaute Nepstad]] finished the round-robin with a 4–5 record, finishing in sixth place, and out of the playoffs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/526 |title=World Junior Curling Championships 2015 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref>
===Men's=== Sesaker played third for Norway at the [[2019 Winter Universiade]]. The team, which was skipped by [[Magnus Ramsfjell]] finished the round-robin with a 5–4 record. The team then went on to win all of their playoff games to claim the gold medal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/636 |title=XXIX. Winter Universiade 2019 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref> Sesaker continued to play for the Ramsfjell rink the following season, winning the 2020 [[Norwegian Men's Curling Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=6459&eventtypeid=81&view=Main#1 |title=Ramsfjell Wins 2020 Norwegian National Men's Championship |website=CurlingZone |access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref>
The Ramsfjell Universiade championship rink re-united for the [[2021–22 curling season]], and 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 Sesakers'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 |archive-date=2022-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410150817/https://www.stangeavisa.no/2022/sport/10-fra-stange-i-curling-nm-gaute-fra-ottestad-ble-norgesmester/ |url-status=dead}}</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 |archive-date=2025-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250531063721/https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/teams/team-ramsfjell/ |url-status=dead}}</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.
===Mixed=== After juniors, Sesaker played in [[mixed curling]], playing for Norway at both the [[2017 World Mixed Curling Championship|2017]] and [[2018 World Mixed Curling Championship]]s. Sesaker threw the second stone on the team, which was skipped by [[Ingvild Skaga]]. At the 2017 World Mixed, the team topped their pool with a 5–2 record. In the playoffs, they made it as far as the semifinals where they lost to Canada. They then lost in the bronze medal game to the Czech Republic, settling for fourth.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/593 |title=World Mixed Curling Championship 2017 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref> At the 2018 World Mixed, they topped their pool again with a 6–1 record, and once again made it as far as the semifinals, where they lost to Canada. They then lost in the bronze medal game again, this time to Russia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/624 |title=World Mixed Curling Championship 2018 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref>
==Personal life== Before becoming a full timer curler, Sesaker worked as a construction worker and icemaker.<ref name="Media Guide"/>
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==External links== {{commonscat|Martin Sesaker}} * {{World Curling}} * [https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/results/athlete-details/42307 Martin Sesaker] at [[Milano Cortina 2026]] * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats}} * {{Instagram}}<!-- per [[WP:ELMINOFFICIAL]], choose one official website only -->
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