Jim Gault (born 24 April 1954) is a

wheelchair curler Wheelchair curling is an adaptation of curling for athletes with a disability affecting their lower limbs or gait. Wheelchair curling is governed by the World Curling Federation, and is one of the sports in the Paralympic Games, Winter Paralympic ...

who competed for Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Paralympics after being called up as a replacement for

Tom Killin Tom Killin (born 30 March 1950) is a British multi-sport Paralympian. Killin was paralysed following a traffic accident at the age of 17. Killin was born in Edinburgh. He won two medals in fencing at the 1970 Commonwealth Games. He al ...

who pulled out due to illness. This will be his Paralympic debut. He won a bronze medal at the

2014 Winter Paralympics The 2014 Winter Paralympics (russian: Зимние Паралимпийские игры 2014, Zimniye Paralimpiyskiye igry 2014), the 11th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, were an ...

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...

with the British team beating China 7–3 in the third-place play-off match.

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* 1954 births Living people Scottish male curlers Scottish wheelchair curlers Paralympic wheelchair curlers for Great Britain Paralympic medalists in wheelchair curling Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain Wheelchair curlers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics {{Scotland-curling-bio-stub