Claire Hamilton (born 31 January 1989) is a Scottish curler. She formerly played lead for the

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skipped by

Eve Muirhead Eve Muirhead (born 22 April 1990) is a Scottish former curler from Perth and the skip of the British Olympic Curling team. Muirhead and the GB team became Olympic champions at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the br ...

. Representing Scotland, they were the 2013 World Champions and representing

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, they were the 2014 Olympic bronze medallists. Hamilton was born in Lockerbie,

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and was educated at

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and the

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, where she studied pharmacy. She was a member of the Anna Sloan rink that won a gold medal for Great Britain at the

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, playing as the team's alternate. In March 2011, she played third for Sloan at the 2011 World Championships, along with Vicki Adams, Rhiann MacLeod and

as alternate. They finished 9th. Sloan joined forces with Muirhead after that season, with Hamilton becoming the team's lead and Adams playing in second position. They had quick success, winning the gold medal at the 2011 European Curling Championships in Moscow. However, they were not as successful at the 2012 World Championships, placing 6th. Team Muirhead won gold medals at the 2013 World Curling Championships in Riga, Latvia, with Lauren Gray as alternate. Representing

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, they won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. In May 2014 Hamilton announced that she was leaving Eve Muirhead's rink. Shortly afterwards she took up cycling, and took a silver medal in the

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at the Scottish National Track Championships in October 2014.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Claire Scottish female curlers British female curlers 1989 births Living people World curling champions Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in curling Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Scottish female cyclists European curling champions Universiade medalists in curling FISU World University Games gold medalists for Great Britain Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade