James Dryburgh (born 27 May 1975 in

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) is a

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curler. He lives in

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, where he is a physical education teacher. Dryburgh is a two-time World Junior Champion. Playing for his native Scotland, he won gold in 1991 playing third for

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. In 1996, Dryburgh played skip for Scotland to earn his second gold medal. After juniors, he played alternate for his brother,

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's team. This included a trip to the

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, playing for

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which finished 7th. Dryburgh met his wife,

Margaretha Lindahl Margaretha Louise Dryburgh (née Lindahl; born 20 October 1974) is a Swedish curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. She received five international medals as an alternate in Elisabet Gustafson's team, including a bronze medal at the 1998 W ...

while at the Olympics. She was the alternate for the Swedish team. Dryburgh then moved to Sweden, learned Swedish and now has citizenship there. His brother, Douglas later moved to Ireland and now skips the Irish national team. His other brother, Stewart moved to Switzerland and curls ther

While in Sweden, Dryburgh joined up with three-time World champion

Peja Lindholm Peter "Peja" Rutger Lindholm (born 2 June 1970 in Östersund, Sweden) is a retired Swedish curler. Lindholm is currently a coach of the Chinese Curling Association.https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-prof ...

as his third. Dryburgh went to his first

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with Lindholm in 2007. In 2008, Lindholm retired from curling. Dryburgh now coaches the Danish national men's team. He also has a daughter, Moa Dryburgh who skips the Swedish junior curling team.

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