Gordon Muirhead

Gordon Muirhead
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
Men's Curling
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Saint John Team
Silver medal – second place 1992 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Team
Silver medal – second place 1993 Geneva Team
Silver medal – second place 1995 Brandon Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Sundsvall Team
Silver medal – second place 1998 Flims Team
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Perth Team

Gordon Muirhead is a Scottish curler and world champion. He was alternate for the gold medal-winning Scottish team at the 1999 Ford World Curling Championships in Saint John, New Brunswick, and also won silver medals in 1992, 1993 and 1995.[1] He received a gold medal at the 1994 European Curling Championships, a silver medal in 1998 and a bronze medal in 1992.

Gordon's daughter, Eve, won the women's 2022 Olympic gold for Great Britain in Beijing, the 2013 World Championship, four World Junior Curling Championships (2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011), and was skip for Great Britain at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, where she won a bronze medal.[2] His son Thomas won a World Junior Men's Championship in 2013 at Sochi, curling for Kyle Smith's Scottish rink. His eldest son, Glen, is also a curler, who has competed at the Olympic level.

References

  1. ^ "Curling – Men: World Championships". sports123.com. Retrieved 21 March 2008.
  2. ^ "Eve Muirhead". Team GB Vancouver 2010. Archived from the original on 19 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.


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