Kirsty Hay (born 9 February 1972 in

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as Kirsty Addison) is a

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curler, a two-time (1992, 1995) and a three-time Scottish women's champion (1995, 1996, 1998). She played for

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at the

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, where the British team finished in fourth place. At 17, she won her first national junior title and went on to

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her team to gold at the . This was the first occasion that a Scottish women's team had ever held a world title in curling.

Awards

Frances Brodie Award The Frances Brodie Award was created in honour of Frances Brodie, who started the first World Women's Curling Championship in 1979, and also presided over the Ladies Committee of the International Curling Federation, now known as the World Curling ...

: 1996 * All-Star Team, Women:

Teams

Personal life

Her sister

Karen Addison Karen Addison (born 28 August 1970) is a Scottish curler. In 1990, Addison won the World Junior Curling Championships playing third for the Scottish team, skipped by Kirsty Addison. She won the gold again two years later in 1992, but did not ...

is also a curler. They won the together. She began curling at the age of 12.

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* 1972 births Living people British female curlers Curlers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Curlers from Glasgow Olympic curlers of Great Britain Scottish curling champions Scottish female curlers {{Scotland-curling-bio-stub