Craig Waddell

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Craig Waddell
Born18 January 1995 (1995-01-18) (age 28)
Team
Skip Kyle Waddell
Third Craig Waddell
Second Mark Taylor
Lead Gavin Barr
Career
Member AssociationFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
World Championship
appearances
1 (2022)
European Championship
appearances
1 (2019)
Medal record
Men's Curling
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Helsingborg
Scottish Men's Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Dumfries

Craig Waddell (born 18 January 1995) is a Scottish curler, a 2019 European bronze medallist. [1] He is from Stirling. [2]

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Teams

Men's

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
2010–11 Graeme Black Kyle Waddell Peter Macintyre Craig Waddell SMCC 2011 (8th)
2012–13 Hammy McMillan Jr. Sandy Reid Moray Combe Craig WaddellSMCC 2013 (10th)
2014–15Kyle Waddell Callum Kinnear Cameron Smith Craig Waddell David Ramsay SJCC 2015 Silver medal icon.svg
2015–16 Robin Brydone Craig Waddell Calum Greenwood Callum KinnearSJCC 2016 (5th)
Robin Brydone Ross McCleary Calum GreenwoodCraig WaddellSMCC 2016 (8th)
2016–17 Stuart Taylor Craig Waddell Fraser Davidson Gavin Barr SMCC 2017 (9th)
2017–18 Fraser Hare Jay McWilliam Craig Waddell Scott Hamilton SMCC 2018 (8th)
2018–19Robin BrydoneCraig Waddell Gregor Cannon Fraser DavidsonSMCC 2019 (4th)
2019–20 Ross Paterson Kyle Waddell Duncan Menzies Michael Goodfellow Craig Waddell Ian Tetley ECC 2019 Bronze medal icon.svg
Cameron Bryce Craig WaddellGregor Cannon Derrick Sloan David RamsaySMCC 2020 (5th)
2020–21Cameron BryceCraig WaddellGregor Cannon Luke Carson
2021–22Ross PatersonKyle WaddellDuncan MenziesCraig Waddell Euan Kyle (WCC) Tom Brewster SMCC 2022 Gold medal icon.svg,
WCC 2022 (5th)
2022–23Kyle WaddellCraig Waddell Mark Taylor Gavin Barr
2023–24Kyle WaddellCraig WaddellMark TaylorGavin Barr

Mixed

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateEvents
2014–15Craig Waddell Heather Morton Cameron Smith Jodie Milroy SMxCC 2015 Silver medal icon.svg [3]
2015–16Craig Waddell Mili Smith Cameron Smith Sophie Sinclair SMxCC 2016 Bronze medal icon.svg
2016–17Craig WaddellMili SmithCameron SmithSophie SinclairSMxCC 2017 Silver medal icon.svg
2017–18Craig WaddellMili SmithCameron SmithSophie SinclairSMxCC 2018 (5th)

Mixed doubles

SeasonMaleFemaleEvents
2018–19Craig Waddell Alice Spence SMDCC 2018 Bronze medal icon.svg
2021–22Craig Waddell Kirstin Bousie SMDCC 2022 (13th)

Personal life

Waddell is the grandson of 1979 European champion Jimmy Waddell. [4] His older brother Kyle is also a curler. They played together at the 2019 European championships. [5]

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References

  1. Craig Waddell on the World Curling Federation database OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "craig waddell". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  3. 2015 Scottish Curling Mixed Championship - Scottish Curling
  4. "Jimmy Waddell". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  5. "Craig Waddell joins big brother Kyle in bid for European Champs glory - Scottish Curling". 6 November 2019. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2020.