John Ronald Napier (born 21 August 1963) is a
Scottish
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curler from
St. Andrews
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. Napier has curled in the Olympics once for the
Douglas Dryburgh
Douglas Dryburgh (born 30 January 1966 in Inverness or Kirkcaldy, Scotland) is a Scottish-Irish curler, originally from Kirkcaldy. He is a former World Junior champion skip and represented Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Car ...
team representing
Great Britain
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in the
1998 Winter Olympics
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.
Ronnie and his team came in sixth place out of ten teams. Managing to beat Japan and Denmark as well as two other teams in the process.
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1963 births
Living people
Scottish male curlers
British male curlers
Olympic curlers for Great Britain
Curlers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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