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
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, and also won silver medals in 1992, 1993 and 1995.
He received a gold medal at the 1994
European Curling Championships
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, a silver medal in 1998 and a bronze medal in 1992.
Gordon's daughter,
Eve
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, won the women's 2022 Olympic gold for Great Britain in Beijing, the
2013 World Championship, four
World Junior Curling Championships
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(2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011), and was
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for Great Britain at the
2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
, ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'')
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, events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, athletes = 2,873
, opening = 7 February 2014
, closing = 23 February 2014
, opened_by = President Vladimir Putin
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, where she won a bronze medal.
His son
Thomas
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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
External links
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Curlers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Scottish male curlers
World curling champions
Living people
European curling champions
Year of birth missing (living people)
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People educated at Morrison's Academy