Greg Drummond

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Greg Drummond
Born (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989 (age 35)
Forfar, Angus. Scotland
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
World Championship
appearances
4 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2017)
European Championship
appearances
2 (2012, 2013)
Medal record
Curling
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Sochi
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
World Curling Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Regina
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Basel
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Victoria
European Curling Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Stavanger

Greg Drummond (born 3 February 1989 in Forfar) is a Scottish curler from Stirling. He currently coaches the Ross Whyte rink. [1]

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Career

Drummond first appeared on the world stage as the alternate for the Scottish team at the 2007 World Junior Curling Championships. The team, skipped by Logan Gray, finished sixth. Drummond made an appearance at the European Junior Curling Challenge in 2009, and represented Great Britain in the Winter University Games in Erzurum with skip Glen Muirhead, finishing fourth after a loss in the bronze medal game.

Drummond joined Tom Brewster in the 2010–11 curling season as his third, and won the Scottish Men's Curling Championship with Brewster in 2011. They represented Scotland at the 2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, and finished in second place with a loss in the final to Jeff Stoughton. [2] They won the Scottish championship again in 2012, and repeated a second-place finish in the 2012 World Men's Curling Championship with a loss in the final to Glenn Howard. [3]

On the World Curling Tour, Drummond won two Edinburgh International titles with Brewster in 2011 and 2012 and won the German Masters title with Murdoch in 2013.

February 2014 sees Greg make his Team GB Winter Olympic debut at the Sochi 2014 games alongside David Murdoch, Michael Goodfellow, Scott Andrews and Tom Brewster. The team took bronze at the 2013 European Championships. [4] They progressed into the Olympic finals against Canada and took the silver medal. [5]

Personal life

He is married to fellow curler Vicky Wright. [6] His brother is fellow curler Kerr Drummond. [7]

Grand Slam record

Key
CChampion
FLost in Final
SFLost in Semifinal
QFLost in Quarterfinals
R16Lost in the round of 16
QDid not advance to playoffs
T2Played in Tier 2 event
DNPDid not participate in event
N/ANot a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Masters DNPDNPDNPQQQFDNP
Tour Challenge N/AN/AN/AN/AQQDNP
The National DNPDNPDNPDNPDNPQQ
Canadian Open QDNPDNPQ QF DNPDNP
Players' Championships DNPDNPQDNP SF DNP
Champions Cup N/AN/AN/AN/AQDNP

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