Ross Whyte

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Ross Whyte
Born (1998-08-31) 31 August 1998 (age 25)
Team
Curling club Crocketford CC, [1] [2]
Dumfries, SCO
Skip Ross Whyte
Third Robin Brydone
Second Duncan McFadzean
Lead Euan Kyle
Mixed doubles
partner
Sophie Sinclair
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Championship
appearances
2 (2019, 2021)
European Championship
appearances
2 (2018, 2021)
Olympic
appearances
1 (2022)
Other appearances World Mixed Championship: 1 (2018),
World Junior Championships: 3 (2017, 2018, 2019),
Winter Universiade: 1 (2019),
Youth Olympic Games: 1 (2016)
Medal record
Curling
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Beijing Team
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Lillehammer Mixed doubles
Winter Universiade
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Krasnoyarsk
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Calgary
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Tallinn
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Lillehammer
Scottish Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Dumfries
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Dumfries
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Perth
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Dumfries
World Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Aberdeen
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Liverpool

Ross Whyte (born 31 August 1998) is a Scottish curler. He is a two-time European champion and an Olympic silver medallist. [3] He lives in Stirling, Scotland. [4]

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Personal life

Whyte is currently studying Sports Studies at the University of Stirling. He also played golf for the South of Scotland U18 team. [2]

Teams

Men's

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
2013–14Ross Whyte Bobby Lammie Neil Topping Euan Kyle Scott Robertson SJCC 2014 (6th)
Moray Combe Alasdair Guthrie Murray Young Dave Soutar Ross Whyte SMCC 2014 (9th)
2014–15Ross Whyte James Baird Gavin Barr Euan KyleScott RobertsonSJCC 2015 (6th)
2015–16Ross WhyteJames BairdGavin BarrEuan Kyle David Baird David Ramsay SJCC 2016 Bronze medal icon.svg
2016–17Ross Whyte Callum Kinnear Ryan McCormack Duncan McFadzean George Elliott SJCC 2017 Silver medal icon.svg
SMCC 2017 (6th)
Cameron Bryce Robin Brydone Euan Kyle Frazer Shaw Ross Whyte Colin Morrison WJCC 2017 (4th)
2017–18Ross WhyteRobin Brydone Fraser Kingan Euan KyleDuncan McFadzean (WJCC) Alan Hannah SJCC 2018 Gold medal icon.svg
WJCC 2018 Silver medal icon.svg
Cameron BryceRoss WhyteRobin Brydone Angus Dowell SMCC 2018 Bronze medal icon.svg
2018–19Ross WhyteDuncan McFadzeanRyan McCormack Robin McCall Luke Carson Greg Drummond WUG 2019 Bronze medal icon.svg
Ross WhyteDuncan McFadzean James Craik Euan KyleRyan McCormack (WJCC)Greg DrummondSJCC 2019 Gold medal icon.svg
WJCC 2019 Bronze medal icon.svg
Bruce Mouat Grant Hardie Bobby Lammie Hammy McMillan Jr. Ross WhyteAlan Hannah ECC 2018 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 2019 (6th)
2019–20Ross WhyteRobin BrydoneDuncan McFadzeanEuan Kyle
2020–21Ross WhyteRobin BrydoneDuncan McFadzeanEuan Kyle
2021–22Ross WhyteRobin BrydoneDuncan McFadzeanEuan Kyle
2022–23Ross Whyte (Fourth)Robin Brydone (Skip)Duncan McFadzeanEuan Kyle
2023–24Ross WhyteRobin BrydoneDuncan McFadzeanEuan Kyle

Mixed

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadCoachEvents
2016Ross Whyte Amy Bryce Callum Kinnear Mili Smith Cate Brewster WYOG 2016 (5th)
2017–18 Robin Brydone Rebecca Morrison Ross Whyte Leeanne McKenzie SMxCC 2018 Gold medal icon.svg
2018–19Robin BrydoneRebecca MorrisonRoss WhyteLeeanne McKenzie Sean Turriff WMxCC 2018 (5th)

Mixed doubles

SeasonMaleFemaleEvents
2015–16Ross Whyte Sophie Jackson SMDCC 2015 (5th)
2016Ross Whyte Han Yu WYOG 2016 Silver medal icon.svg
2016–17Ross WhyteSophie JacksonSMDCC 2016 Bronze medal icon.svg
2017–18Ross WhyteSophie JacksonSMDCC 2017 (10th)

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 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Tour Challenge N/A Q SF
The National QF Q QF
Masters QF QF F
Canadian Open N/A Q SF
Players' Q Q QF
Champions Cup Q QF N/A

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References

  1. "Ross Whyte".
  2. 1 2 "Ross WHYTE". 2022 Winter Olympics. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  3. Ross Whyte on the World Curling database OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. Curling Canada (2019). "2019 Hi Bred World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.