Rhiann Macleod (born 22 April 1990) is a Scottish curler from

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and originally from

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. She is a former World Junior champion.

Career

As a junior curler, Macleod played lead for

Eve Muirhead Eve Muirhead (born 22 April 1990) is a Scottish former curler from Perth and the skip of the British Olympic Curling team. Muirhead and the GB team became Olympic champions at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the br ...

's rink at the

2011 World Junior Curling Championships The 2011 World Junior Curling Championships were held from 5 to 13 March at the Dewars Centre in Perth, Scotland. In the men's tournament, Sweden's Oskar Eriksson won the final 6-5 over Switzerland's Peter de Cruz, while Scotland's Eve Muirhead ...

. The team won a gold medal at the event, defeating Canada's

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in the final for the championship. That same year, the team re-organized and represented Scotland at the

2011 Capital One World Women's Curling Championship The 2011 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as Capital One World Women's Curling Championship 2011 for sponsorship reasons) was held in Esbjerg, Denmark at the Granly Hockey Arena from March 19–27, 2011. The Swedish rink skipped by Anett ...

. Anna Sloan would skip the team, with Muirhead sitting out as the team's alternate and Macleod remained at lead. At the Worlds, the team finished with a 4-7 record in 9th place. Macleod would herself miss three games. Following the 2010-11 season, Macleod joined the Kerry Barr rink, and has remained with the team ever since. The team won the 2014

Scottish Women's Curling Championship The Scottish Women's Curling Championship is the national women's curling championship for Scotland. The championship usually decides which team of curlers is sent to the World Women's Curling Championship, but in Olympic years, the winner must ...

, and will represent Scotland at the

2014 Ford World Women's Curling Championship The 2014 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as Ford World Women's Curling Championship 2014 for sponsorship reasons) was held from 15 to 23 March at the Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick. Qualification The following nations a ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macleod, Rhiann Living people 1990 births Scottish female curlers Sportspeople from Aberdeen Sportspeople from Perth and Kinross World mixed curling champions