Moa Dryburgh | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | May 29, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | Sundbybergs CK, Sundbyberg, SWE [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Skip | Moa Dryburgh | ||||||||||||||||||||
Third | Thea Orefjord | ||||||||||||||||||||
Second | Moa Tjärnlund | ||||||||||||||||||||
Lead | Moa Nilsson | ||||||||||||||||||||
Alternate | Maja Roxin | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Moa McGregor Dryburgh [2] (born May 29, 2005, in Stockholm) is a Swedish curler from Sundbyberg. [1] She currently skips her own team out of the Sundbybergs Curlingklubb. In 2022, she led her team to a silver medal at the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships at 16 years old, becoming one of the youngest skips to reach the podium at the World Junior Championships.
During the 2021–22 season, Dryburgh led her team to victory at the Swedish Junior Curling Championships, going undefeated to claim the title. [3] This qualified her and teammates Thea Orefjord, Moa Tjärnlund and Moa Nilsson for the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships in Jönköping. As the home team, the rink had mixed results, sitting at 3–4 with two round robin games to go. They then, however, defeated both Scotland and South Korea to finish at 5–4, just enough to earn the fourth playoff spot over Switzerland and Latvia who shared the same record. [4] In the knockout round, the team upset the number one seeds Norway in the semifinals, advancing to the final in their first international competition. There, they lost 7–4 to Japan, settling for the silver medal. [5] Despite the loss, Dryburgh became one of the youngest skips to reach the podium at the World Junior Championships. [6]
The Dryburgh rink would go on to defend their title at the Swedish Junior Championships, qualifying for the 2023 World Junior Curling Championships, this year in Füssen, Germany. At Worlds, the team had similar results as the previous year, going 5–4 in the round robin. This was, however, not enough to qualify for the playoffs as they finished in fifth place. [7] Dryburgh and her team again defended her Swedish Junior Women's title and returned to the World Juniors at the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships. There, the team started with three straight losses before finishing the round robin by winning five of their last six games. [8] This put them in a three-way tie for third, however, due to head-to-head losses to both Norway and Canada, they were again eliminated in fifth place. [9]
Dryburgh and her team represented Sweden at the 2025 Winter World University Games. The team would finish in 6th place, finishing the round robin with a 4–5 record. The Dryburgh rink would win their 4th consecutive Swedish Junior women's title and represent Sweden again at the 2025 World Junior Curling Championships.
Team Dryburgh began competing on the Women's World Curling Tour during the 2022-23 curling season. In January 2023, the team advanced to the semifinals of the 2023 Mercure Perth Masters before losing to Daniela Jentsch. [10] Also during the season, they earned a bronze medal at the Swedish Women's Curling Championship. [11] To begin the 2023–24 season, Team Dryburgh reached the quarterfinals of the 2023 Oslo Cup. They also made the playoffs in their next three events, finishing as high as third place at the Sundbyberg Open. [12] In the new year, the team won their third straight Swedish Junior title, once again finishing undefeated through the event. [13] Dryburgh's rink also played in the 2024 International Bernese Ladies Cup where they made the quarterfinals.
Dryburgh comes from a curling family. Her parents Margaretha and James Dryburgh met while competing at the 1998 Winter Olympics. [14] Her mother went on to win a bronze medal from the event and also won two World Women's Championships and one European title. Her father also won a European title along with two World Junior Championships. [1] Dryburgh attended the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences. [15]
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
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2021–22 [16] | Moa Dryburgh | Thea Orefjord | Moa Tjärnlund | Moa Nilsson | Linda Stenlund |
2022–23 | Moa Dryburgh | Thea Orefjord | Moa Tjärnlund | Moa Nilsson | Erika Ryberg |
2023–24 | Moa Dryburgh | Thea Orefjord | Moa Tjärnlund | Moa Nilsson | |
2024–25 | Moa Dryburgh | Thea Orefjord | Moa Tjärnlund | Moa Nilsson | Maja Roxin |