Neil Murdoch

Neil Murdoch (born 22 November 1972 in Dumfries) is a Scottish curler from nearby Lockerbie. Murdoch is a former European curling champion.[1]

Neil Murdoch
Curler
Born (1972-11-22) 22 November 1972
Dumfries, Scotland
Career
World Championship
appearances		1 (2005)
European Championship
appearances		2 (2003, 2004)
Medal record
Men's curling
Representing  Scotland
World Championships
2005 Victoria
World Junior Championships
1993 Grindelwald
European Championships
2003 Courmayeur

Sporting career

Neil Murdoch won the 2003 European Championships, as second for Scotland skip David Murdoch. Neil played third for Scotland skip Craig Wilson at the 1993 (gold medalist) and 1994 World Juniors. He was also a member of Team Europe at the 2004 Continental Cup in Medicine Hat.[1]

At the 2005 World Championships, Murdoch again played second for his brother David. Team Scotland earned the silver medal, losing to Team Canada in the final.[2]

Personal life

Neil Murdoch is the brother of World Curling Champion David Murdoch and Olympic curling coach Nancy Murdoch.[3] Murdoch is a veterinary surgeon.[1]

gollark: Put an aluminium box around it.
gollark: Well, the "backend" stuff seems unpleasant.
gollark: It doesn't work very well.
gollark: I was trying to implement special relativity in my bad "lunar lander" clone earlier today ironically.
gollark: Oh, okay.

References
  1. "2005 FORD WORLD MEN'S – PROGRAM BIOS". Archived from the original on 2006-10-10.
  2. "Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2005: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2014-02-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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