Kirsty Hay

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Kirsty Hay
 
Born
Kirsty Addison

(1972-02-09) 9 February 1972 (age 52)
Team
Curling clubAirleywight Ladies CC, Perth
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
World Championship
appearances
3 (1995, 1996, 1998)
European Championship
appearances
5 (1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997)
Olympic
appearances
1 (1998)
Other appearances World Junior Championships: 2 (1990, 1993)
Medal record
Curling
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Perth
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 Grindelwald
Scottish Women's Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 Portage la Prairie
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Grindelwald

Kirsty Hay (born 9 February 1972 in Glasgow, Scotland as Kirsty Addison) is a Scottish curler, [1] a two-time European silver medallist (1992, 1995) and a three-time Scottish women's champion (1995, 1996, 1998).

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She played for Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where the British team finished in fourth place. [2]

At 17, she won her first national junior title and went on to skip her team to gold at the 1990 World Junior Championships. This was the first occasion that a Scottish women's team had ever held a world title in curling. [3]

Awards

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
1989–90Kirsty Addison Karen Addison Joanna Pegg Laura Scott ECC 1989 (6th)
SJCC 1990 Gold medal icon.svg
WJCC 1990 Gold medal icon.svg
1992–93Kirsty Hay Hazel Erskine Joanna Pegg Louise Wilkie ECC 1992 Silver medal icon.svg
Kirsty Hay Gillian Barr Joanna PeggLouise Wilkie Fiona Brown SJCC 1993 Gold medal icon.svg
WJCC 1993 Gold medal icon.svg
1994–95Kirsty Hay Edith Loudon Joanna Pegg Katie Loudon Jackie Lockhart (ECC),
Claire Milne (WCC)
Peter Loudon ECC 1994 (6th)
SWCC 1995 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 1995 (7th)
1995–96Kirsty HayEdith LoudonKaren AddisonKatie LoudonClaire MilnePeter Loudon ECC 1995 Silver medal icon.svg
SWCC 1996 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 1996 (5th)
1997–98Kirsty HayEdith LoudonJackie LockhartKatie Loudon Fiona Bayne Jane Sanderson ECC 1997 (6th)
SWCC 1998 Gold medal icon.svg
WOG 1998 (4th)
WCC 1998 (7th)

Personal life

Her sister Karen Addison is also a curler. They won the 1990 World Junior Championship together.

She began curling at the age of 12. [3]

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References

  1. Kirsty Hay on the World Curling database OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kirsty Hay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 "BBC SPORT | Winter Olympics 2002 | Kirsty Hay - BBC News". news.bbc.co.uk.