Hannah Fleming (born 3 October 1991 in

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) is a Scottish curler from

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. She is a former World junior champion

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Career

Youth

Fleming began her junior career by winning a gold medal at the

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, playing third for the Scottish team, skipped by

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. Fleming skipped Scotland at two straight

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. At the

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, she led her rink of

Lauren Gray Lauren Gray (born 3 November 1991) is a Scottish curler from Stirling. As alternate for the Eve Muirhead rink, she won a gold medal at the 2013 World Championships for Scotland, and a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Great Britai ...

, Alice Spence and

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to a 7-2 round robin record. In the playoffs, they knocked off the Czechs (skip:

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) twice to claim the gold medal. At the

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, Fleming led her rink of Gray,

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and Brown to an 8-1 round robin record. In the playoffs, they beat the Japanese team (skip:

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) in the 1 vs. 2 game, but lost in the final to Team Russia, skipped by

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. Fleming capped off her youth career by skipping her

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team at the

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with teammates Gray, Dodds and Spence. The team would finish the round robin with a 6-3 record, but lost both their playoff matches, settling for fourth place.

Women's

Fleming was invited to play alternate for Scotland (skipped by

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) at the

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. The team finished a disappointing 11th place, with Fleming losing all four games she played in. Fleming played third for Scotland at the

2014 European Mixed Curling Championship The 2014 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from September 13 to 20 at the Tårnby Curling Club in Tårnby, Denmark. Sweden, skipped by Patric Mabergs, won their first European Mixed title after defeating Norway, skipped by Steffen Walst ...

on a team skipped by Kyle Smith. They would finish fourth. After finishing runners-up at the

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(often to

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) for many years, Fleming and her rink of Dodds, Spence and

Vicky Wright Victoria Wright (born 15 August 1993) is a retired Scottish curler from Stranraer, and 2022 Olympic Champion in women's curling, playing third on Team Muirhead. Career Before playing for Muirhead, Wright curled for Hannah Fleming. She was t ...

finally won the Muirhead-less 2018 Scottish championship. The team had to playoff against Muirhead, who was absent at the Olympics in order to qualify for the

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. The team upset the fatigued Muirhead rink in two straight games in the best of three playoff in order to play in the World championships.

Personal life

Fleming is employed as an estate agent.2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fleming, Hannah 1991 births Living people Scottish female curlers People from Lockerbie Sportspeople from Dumfries Alumni of Edinburgh Napier University