Euan Byers

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Euan Byers
Born (1974-07-30) 30 July 1974 (age 48)
Team
Skip Ewan MacDonald
Third Duncan Fernie
Second David Reid
Lead Euan Byers
Career
World Championship
appearances
4 (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009)
European Championship
appearances
7 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Olympic
appearances
3 (2006, 2010, 2014)
Medal record

Euan Byers (born 30 July 1974) is a Scottish curler.

Contents

Byers started curling in 1983. He plays the lead position and is right-handed. [1] Byers is a double world champion and triple European champion.

Teammates

2010 Vancouver Olympic Games [2]

David Murdoch, Skip

Ewan MacDonald, Third

Peter Smith, Second

Graeme Connal, Alternate

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References

  1. Euan Byers, ecc.curlit.com
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Euan Byers". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.