Ewan MacDonald

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Ewan MacDonald
Born (1975-11-17) November 17, 1975
Inverness, Scotland
Team
Skip Ewan MacDonald
Third Duncan Fernie
Second David Reid
Lead Euan Byers
Career
World Championship
appearances		 8 (1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009)
European Championship
appearances		 6 (1999, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2009)
Olympic
appearances		 3 (2002, 2006, 2010)
Medal record
Men's curling
Competitor for  Scotland
World Championships
Gold 1999 Saint John
Gold 2006 Lowell
Gold 2009 Moncton
Bronze 2002 Bismarck
European Mixed Championship
Gold 2012 Erzurum
European Championships
Gold 1999 Chamonix
Gold 2008 Örnsköldsvik
Silver 2006 Basel
Bronze 2005 Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Ewan MacDonald (born 17 November 1975 in Inverness) is a Scottish curler. He plays third for David Murdoch.

Career

At his World Championship debut in 1999, MacDonald played second for Hammy McMillan. Their Scottish team would go all the way and win the gold medal defeating Canada in the final, skipped by Jeff Stoughton. Later that year they won the European Curling Championships defeating Denmark in the final skipped by Ulrik Schmidt.

In 2001 the team was back at the European Championships, but they finished in fifth place. In 2002 they represented Great Britain at the 2002 Winter Olympics and finished in seventh place. That year Ewan switched teams to play second for Warwick Smith. They went to the 2002 Ford World Curling Championships and won a bronze medal. The team returned to the 2003 Ford World Curling Championships and finished in seventh place. At the 2004 Ford World Curling Championships, MacDonald skipped Scotland to a fifth place finish.

At the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, MacDonald was an alternate for David Murdoch's silver medal winning team. Later that year, MacDonald moved up to play second and the team won a bronze at the European Championships. By 2006, MacDonald was playing third and the new team finished in fourth place at the 2006 Winter Olympics. They would also go to the 2006 World Men's Curling Championship where they won a gold medal.

Ewan MacDonald would return to the World Championship podium at the 2009 Moncton World Championships where his team won the gold medal. For the round robin portion of the competition MacDonald had the best percentage, 88%, of all Thirds. In the 1 vs. 2 Playoff Match and in the Gold Medal Match he outshot Canadian third John Morris shooting 89% and 88% respectively.

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