Warwick B. Smith (born 11 June 1971 in

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) is a Scottish curler from

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, Perth and Kinross.

Career

Smith made his international debut at the 1996

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as the

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for the Scotland team. His debut was fairly successful, as the team would win the silver medal, losing to

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in the final. At the 1998 Championships, Warwick would play third for David Smith and the team finished in 4th place. The following year Warwick played third for

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.2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

curling team. He played third for McMillan, but the team finished a disappointing 7th place. At that year's

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, Warwick skipped the Scotland team to a bronze medal. The following year, he skipped a team to a 7th-place finish. In 2004, he played third for Ewan MacDonald and finished 5th. At the

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, Smith played second for

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and finished 4th, but Smith had the highest accuracy of any curler in the men's competition round robin. The team then went on to win the

. For the next season, Smith built a new team with Ross Hepburn as lead, David Smith (no relation) as second, and Craig Wilson as third. After winning the Scottish Championship, they represented Scotland at the 2007 World Championship, with Ewan MacDonald being the alternate player. The team did not fare well there, compiling a 4–7 record and finishing 9th.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Warwick 1971 births Living people Scottish male curlers British male curlers Olympic curlers for Great Britain Curlers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics World curling champions European curling champions Scottish curling champions Sportspeople from Perth and Kinross