David Murdoch

David Murdoch
Born	(1978-04-17) 17 April 1978 Dumfries, Scotland
Team
Curling club	Curl Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Skip	David Murdoch
Third	Tom Brewster
Second	Scott Andrews
Lead	Michael Goodfellow
Alternate	Greg Drummond
Career
World Championship appearances	6 (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013)
European Championship appearances	11 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Olympic appearances	2 (2006, 2010)
Medal record Curling World Championships Gold 2006 Lowell Gold 2009 Moncton Silver 2005 Victoria Silver 2008 Grand Forks Bronze 2010 Cortina d'Ampezzo Bronze 2013 Victoria World Junior Championships Gold 1995 Perth Gold 1996 Red Deer Silver 1998 Thunder Bay European Championships Gold 2003 Courmayeur Gold 2007 Füssen Gold 2008 Örnsköldsvik Silver 2006 Basel Bronze 2005 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bronze 2013 Stavanger

David Murdoch (born 17 April 1978 in Dumfries) is a Scottish curler from Lockerbie. Murdoch and his former team of Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, Euan Byers and Peter Smith were the 2006 and 2009 World Curling Champions.

Background

David Murdoch is from a talented curling family being the brother of Olympic coach Nancy Murdoch and former European Champion Neil Murdoch.^[1]

Sporting career

Junior

Murdoch is a two time World Junior Curling Champion - in 1995, as an alternate for Tom Brewster, Jr., and in 1996 as a lead for James Dryburgh. In 1998 he won a silver medal at the World Juniors as a third for Garry MacKay. By 1999, Murdoch had moved up to the position of skip, and led Scotland to a 6-3 record and fifth place at that year's world juniors. Four years later, he led Scotland to the European Championship title, beating Peja Lindholm's formidable Sweden team in the final.

Senior

In 2005, Murdoch went to his first ever World Championships. At the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship his Scotland rink won the silver medal after losing to Canada's Randy Ferbey in the final. The team's fine run of form ensured all four members a place in the Great Britain men's squad for the 2006 Winter Olympics, with Murdoch in the position of skip. At the Olympics, Murdoch and his team lost in the bronze medal match to Pete Fenson of the United States. Two months later, Murdoch would avenge his defeat in 2005 by winning the gold medal at the 2006 World Men's Curling Championship. Murdoch defeated Canada (skipped by Jean-Michel Ménard) in the final. In December 2006 he won the silver medal in the European Championships in Basel, Switzerland, and followed that up with gold in 2007. He successfully defended his title at the European Curling Championships 2008 against Norway's Thomas Ulsrud.

Murdoch and his team represented Scotland again at the 2008 World Men's Curling Championship,^[2] where he lost to Canada in the final.

In 2009, Murdoch once again won a gold medal for Scotland at the World Mens Curling Championship, which was held in Moncton, NB.^[3]

On 17 January 2010, Murdoch's rink became the first non-Canadian team to win the TSN Skins Game. His team won $70,500 (₤43,000) for the win.

After the 2009-10 season, Murdoch's Olympic team broke up.

In 2012, Murdoch teamed up with Tom Brewster's rink. The 2012–13 season has so far seen Team Brewster win the Edinburgh Invitational in late 2012 and the German Masters in Hamburg in January 2013. The team is bidding to represent Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics.^[4]

Teams

Awards

• WJCC All-star lead: 1996
• WJCC All-star third: 1998

Grand Slam record

References