Thomas Muirhead (curler)

Thomas Muirhead (born 11 April 1995)[2] is a Scottish curler from Blair Atholl. He competed for Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Thomas' brother Glen and sister Eve are also British curlers, and their father Gordon is also a former professional curler.

Thomas Muirhead
Curler
Born (1995-04-11) 11 April 1995
Team
Curling clubDunkeld CC[1]
SkipKyle Smith
ThirdThomas Muirhead
SecondKyle Waddell
LeadCammy Smith
AlternateGlen Muirhead
Olympic
appearances		1 (2018)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Scotland
European Curling Championships
2017 St Gallen
World Junior Curling Championships
2013 Sochi
Representing  Great Britain
Winter Universiade
2013 Trentino

Personal life

Thomas Muirhead is the brother of Olympic bronze medalist Eve Muirhead, and his brother Glen is also a professional curler. Their father Gordon won a gold medal at the 1994 European Curling Championships, and was an alternate for the team that won the 1999 World Curling Championships.[3][4][5] Muirhead has a degree in agriculture from Scotland's Rural College.[6] Aside from curling, Muirhead rears sheep. He began rearing sheep in Blair Atholl, but Thomas and Glen now rear sheep near Crieff.[7][8]

Career

In 2013, Muirhead was part of the Scottish team that won the World Junior Curling Championships, the first time Scotland had won the event since 1996, and a silver medal at the 2013 Winter Universiade.[7][9] In 2014, Thomas and his brother Glen joined Tom Brewster's curling team, and also competed in the 2015 World University Games.[6] Muirhead now competes for Team Smith, led by Kyle Smith.[5] After four weeks of the 2016 season, Smith's team was leading the World Curling Tour.[5] Thomas competed against his brother Glen, winning the match 4–2.[5] In 2016, he was part of the first British team to reach the final of a Grand Slam of Curling bonspiel.[9][10] Muirhead was in the team that came second at the 2017 European Curling Championships.[9] After finishing in the top eight at the 2017 World Curling Championships, Team Smith qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.[lower-alpha 1][11] Thomas was selected as the third, whilst his brother Glen was chosen as the alternate for the men's curling team, and his sister Eve was chosen to skipper the women's curling team.[4][12]

Notes
  1. Outside of the Winter Olympics, Great Britain competes under the flags of its constituent home nations, Scotland, England and Wales (Northern Irish players compete for a combined Ireland); Scotland results are treated as Great Britain for the purposes of Olympic qualification.

References
  1. "Athlete Profile – Thomas Muirhead". Pyeongchang 2018. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  2. "Winter Olympics 2018: Great Britain's team for Pyeongchang". BBC Sport. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  3. "Curling – Men: World Championships". sports123.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2008.
  4. Smith, Andrew (17 November 2017). "Thomas Muirhead aiming to show it's not all about Eve". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  5. Brazeau, Jonathan (15 September 2016). "Thomas Muirhead making name for himself on curling tour". Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  6. Bannerman, Gordon (14 November 2014). "Thomas Muirhead plans to emulate sister Eve's curling achievements". Daily Record. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  7. Winton, Richard (29 March 2013). "Curling: One up-manship is Muirhead's recipe for success". The Herald. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  8. Ferrie, Kevin (17 February 2017). "The silence and the lambs: how curling's Thomas Muirhead is looking to give big brother Glen a chilling experience". The Herald. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  9. "Thomas Muirhead". Team GB. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  10. Mcgilvray, Andy (4 September 2017). "Hamilton curler Kyle Waddell reckons team spirit can help him to Winter Olympics glory". Daily Record. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  11. "2018 Winter Olympics: GB men secure curling place". BBC Sport. 7 April 2017. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  12. MacBeath, Amy (22 June 2017). "Eve Muirhead will be joined by brothers Tom and Glen at the 2018 Winter Olympics". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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