{{short description|Danish curler}} {{Infobox curler | name = Rasmus Stjerne | image = | image_size = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|5|26|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Hvidovre]], [[Denmark]] | Curling club = [[Hvidovre Curling Club|Hvidovre CC]], <br /> [[Hvidovre]], [[Denmark]] | Skip = Rasmus Stjerne | Third = [[Johnny Frederiksen]] | Second = [[Mikkel Poulsen]] | Lead = [[Oliver Dupont]] | Alternate = [[Lars Vilandt]] | Member Association = {{DEN}} | World Championship appearances = 4 ({{WMCC|2012}}, {{WMCC|2013}}, {{WMCC|2014}}, {{WMCC|2016}}) | European Championship appearances = 7 ({{EuCC|2010}}, {{EuCC|2011}}, {{EuCC|2012}}, {{EuCC|2013}}, {{EuCC|2014}}, {{EuCC|2015}}, {{EuCC|2016}}) | Olympic appearances = 2 ([[Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2014]], [[Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2018]]) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[curling]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{DEN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Curling Championships]] }} {{MedalSilver| [[2016 World Men's Curling Championship|2016 Basel]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[European Curling Championships|European Championships]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[2010 European Curling Championships|2010 Champéry]] | }} {{MedalBronze | [[2011 European Curling Championships|2011 Moscow]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Junior Curling Championships|World Junior Championships]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2009 World Junior Curling Championships|2009 Vancouver]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[European Junior Curling Challenge|European Junior Challenge]]}} {{MedalGold | 2005 Copenhagen|}} }}
'''Rasmus Stjerne Hansen''' (born 26 May 1988 in [[Hvidovre]]) is a Danish [[curling|curler]]. He is a former world junior champion and world men's silver medalist. He curls out of the [[Hvidovre Curling Club]].
==Career== Stjerne participated in six [[World Junior Curling Championships|World Junior Championships]]. He played as third for [[Kenneth Jørgensen (curler)|Kenneth Jørgensen]] in [[2004 World Junior Curling Championships|2004]] and [[2005 World Junior Curling Championships|2005]], finishing outside of the playoffs in both years. He then skipped his own team at the World Juniors in [[2006 World Junior Curling Championships|2006]], [[2007 World Junior Curling Championships|2007]], and [[2008 World Junior Curling Championships|2008]], finishing fifth, fourth, and seventh, respectively. Then, in the [[2009 World Junior Curling Championships]], Stjerne and his team made the playoffs as the second-ranked team. They were defeated by Canada in the page 1 vs. 2 game, but rebounded with a win over the United States in the semifinal and defeated Canada in the final to win the gold medal.
Stjerne skipped a team at the [[2010 European Curling Championships]], and led his team to the playoffs. Stjerne defeated Germany's [[Andy Kapp]] in the page 3 vs. 4 game and then edged Switzerland's [[Christof Schwaller]] to play Norway in the gold medal game. Norway's [[Thomas Ulsrud]] won a close game over Stjerne, leaving him the silver medal. He was defeated by his father, [[Tommy Stjerne]], in a tournament that decided the Danish representatives at the [[2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship]], and went with his father's team as their coach. Stjerne returned the next year at the [[2011 European Curling Championships]] and again made the playoffs, but lost in an extra end in the page 3 vs. 4 game to the Czech Republic's [[Jiri Snítil]], relegating him to the bronze medal game. However, Stjerne defeated Snítil in nine ends on his second try, earning the bronze medal.
Stjerne represented Denmark at the [[2012 World Men's Curling Championship]] in [[Basel]], where Denmark finished outside of the playoffs. Later that year, he led Denmark to a 4th-place finish at the [[2012 European Curling Championships]]. He followed this up by placing 4th at the [[2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship]], and again finishing 4th at the [[2013 European Curling Championships]]. Stjerne skipped Denmark at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]], leading the team to a 6th-place finish with a 4-5 record.
In his return to Basel to represent Denmark at the [[2016 World Men's Curling Championship]], Stjerne led his rink to a silver medal, Denmark's best world championship result ever. Denmark finished the round robin in a three-way tie for second with Japan and the United States, each with 8-3 records, but Denmark was given the 2nd place spot in the [[Page playoff system|Page playoff]] by having defeated both Japan and the United States in the round robin. Stjerne lost the 1 vs. 2 game to Canada 5-3, then defeated the US 9-3 in the semifinal. In the gold medal game, Canadian champion [[Kevin Koe]] again defeated the Danish rink by a score of 5-3.<ref>{{cite web|last1=World Curling Federation|title=World Men's Curling Championship 2016|url=http://www.worldcurling.org/wmcc2016|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=12 April 2016|archive-date=5 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405051832/http://www.worldcurling.org/wmcc2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2025, he came out of retirement with his former teammates [[Johnny Frederiksen]], [[Mikkel Poulsen]], [[Lars Vilandt]], [[Oliver Dupont]], to win the [[Danish Men's Curling Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=DM Herrer – hcc.dk |url=https://hcc.dk/dm-herrer/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |language=en-US}}</ref> They would repeat the previous years success by winning the championship again in 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danish Championship 2025-26 |url=https://www.curling.dk/2026/03/04/dm-damer-og-herrer-2025-2026/ |access-date=2026-03-10 |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Personal life== Stjerne graduated with a degree in Business Administration from the [[Copenhagen Business School]]. Stjerne's father, [[Thomas Stjerne|Tommy Stjerne]], is an accomplished curler and a former world bronze medalist.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.curling.ca/blog/2011/03/07/tommy-stjerne-defeats-son-to-win-2011-danish-mens-curling-championship/| title = Curling Canada {{!}} Tommy Stjerne defeats son to win 2011 Danish men's curling championship}} </ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Sports links}} * [http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-rasmus-stjerne Olympic profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302053350/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-rasmus-stjerne |date=2014-03-02 }}
{{Footer World Junior Curling Champions (men)}}
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