Perth
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,
Scotland
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) is a Scottishcurler and world champion. He is the alternate player on the
David Murdoch
David Matthew Murdoch (born 17 April 1978) is a retired Scottish curler from Stirling. As the Scotland skip, he and his former team of Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, Euan Byers and Peter Smith are the 2006 and 2009 World Curling Champion ...
team.
He won a gold medal (with skip
Hammy McMillan
Hamilton "Hammy" McMillan (born 13 July 1963) is a Scottish curler and world champion. He won a gold medal as skip for the Scottish team at the 1999 Ford World Curling Championships in Saint John, New Brunswick.1999 Ford World Curling Championships in
Saint John, New Brunswick
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European Curling Championships
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.
Loudon competed for
Great Britain at the 2002 Winter Olympics
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
Medallists
Alain Baxter came third in the Men's slalom but was subsequently disqualified for use ...
.
Loudon is on the board of directors at Scottish football club
St Johnstone
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, for whom his grandfather,
Peter Gavigan
Peter Gavigan (11 December 1897 – 2 March 1977) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Clapton Orient and Fulham as an outside right.
After three seasons in Scottish Division One with St Johnstone, two years at Dun ...
, played during the 1920s.Board of Directors – St Johnstone's official website
He is a brother of
Edith Loudon
Edith Hazard (née Loudon; born 15 February 1964 in Perth, Scotland) is a Scottish curler, a .
She played for Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
She was a member of an expert group in the World Curling Federation, who explained what ...
and
Katie Loudon
Katie Loudon (born 6 July 1968 in Perth, Scotland) is a Scottish curler.
She played for Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Teams Women's
Mixed
Private life
Loudon is from a family of curlers: her brother Peter is a World and Euro ...