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Vicky Wright
MBE
Curler
Born
Victoria Wright

(1993-08-15) 15 August 1993 (age 31)
Dumfries, Scotland
Team
Curling clubLeswalt CC, Leswalt, Scotland
Curling career
Member Association Scotland
 Great Britain
World Championship
appearances		2 (2018, 2021)
European Championship
appearances		3 (2018, 2019, 2021)
Olympic
appearances		1 (2022)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing
Representing  Scotland
European Curling Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lillehammer
Silver medal – second place 2019 Helsingborg
Scottish Women's Curling Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Perth
Gold medal – first place 2020 Perth
Silver medal – second place 2016 Perth
Silver medal – second place 2017 Perth
Silver medal – second place 2019 Perth
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Perth
World Junior Curling Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Sochi

Victoria Wright[1] MBE (born 15 August 1993) is a retired[2] Scottish curler from Stranraer,[3] and 2022 Olympic Champion in women's curling,[4] playing third on Team Muirhead.

Career

Before playing for Muirhead, Wright curled for Hannah Fleming. She was the alternate for Scotland at the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships where the team won a silver medal.[5] She won the 2018 Scottish Women's Curling Championship as lead for Fleming to qualify for her first World Championship.[6] At the 2018 World Women's Curling Championship, the team struggled, finishing the round robin with a 5–7 record.[7]

For the 2018–19 season, Wright joined team Muirhead as the alternate. She played for the team at the first leg of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup as Muirhead had a hip injury.[8] They finished in sixth with a 2–4 record.[9] She played in her first European Curling Championships at the 2018 European Curling Championships. There, the team had a disappointing performance, finishing with a 4–5 record, missing the playoffs.[10] At the 2019 Scottish Women's Curling Championships, the team qualified for the final but lost to Sophie Jackson 11–7.[11] Wright also played in the International Mixed Doubles Dumfries that season with Craig Waddell where they lost in the quarterfinals.[12] To finish off the season, Team Muirhead won the 2019 WCT Arctic Cup.[13]

The following season, Wright replaced Vicki Chalmers on the team due to Chalmers stepping away from competitive curling. The team won their first event of the 2019–20 season, the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic.[14] At the 2019 European Curling Championships, the Muirhead rink reached the final where they lost to Sweden's Anna Hasselborg, claiming the silver medal.[15] In early January, they won the Mercure Perth Masters.[16] Team Muirhead claimed the 2020 Scottish Women's Curling Championship by defeating Maggie Wilson 8–3 in the championship game.[17] The team was set to represent Scotland at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship before the event got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[18][19] In Grand Slam play, they played in three events and qualified in one of them, the 2019 National where they lost in the quarterfinals to Jennifer Jones.[20]

Due to the ongoing pandemic, there were a limited number of tour events held during the 2020–21 season. Team Muirhead did play in a series of domestic events put on by the British Curling Association, where they won the January Challenge event and finished runner-up to Team Gina Aitken in the Elite Finals.[21][22] Wright and her mixed doubles partner Grant Hardie lost in the final of the December event to Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat. A "curling bubble" was set up in Calgary, Canada in the spring, which hosted a number of events, including the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship and two slams.[23] Team Muirhead competed in both the 2021 Champions Cup and the 2021 Players' Championship, failing to qualify at both events. The next week, the team represented Scotland at the World's, where they finished with a disappointing 6–7, in eighth place.[24]

The team won the gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics. On May 17, 2022 Wright announced her retirement from the sport.[25]

Wright was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to curling.[26]

Personal life

Wright studied nursing at Glasgow Caledonian University, and works as a nurse[27] at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert.[28][29] She is in a relationship with fellow curler Greg Drummond.[30] In her youth she was also a swimmer. She currently lives in Stirling.[31]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
2011–12[32] Jennifer Dodds Rebecca Kesley Mhairi Baird Vicky Wright
2012–13 Jennifer Martin Hazel Smith Vicky Wright Mhairi Baird
2013–14 Jennifer Martin Hazel Smith Vicky Wright Mhairi Baird
2014–15 Lauren Gray Jennifer Dodds Vicky Wright Mhairi Baird
2015–16 Lauren Gray Jennifer Dodds Vicky Wright Mhairi Baird
2016–17 Hannah Fleming Jennifer Dodds Alice Spence Vicky Wright
2017–18 Hannah Fleming Jennifer Dodds Alice Spence Vicky Wright Sophie Jackson
2018–19 Eve Muirhead Jennifer Dodds Vicki Chalmers Lauren Gray Vicky Wright
2019–20 Eve Muirhead Lauren Gray Jennifer Dodds Vicky Wright
2020–21 Eve Muirhead Vicky Wright Jennifer Dodds Lauren Gray Sophie Sinclair
2021–22 Eve Muirhead Vicky Wright Jennifer Dodds Hailey Duff Mili Smith

References

  1. ^ "Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships 2019" (PDF). World-curling-federation.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  2. ^ @VickyWright14 (17 May 2022). ""It is with much pride I announce my retirement from full time curling"" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Dumfries and Galloway curlers take Team GB through to Olympic gold medal game". ITV. ITV News Border. 17 February 2022. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  4. ^ "2021 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  5. ^ "2013 World Junior Curling Championship". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  6. ^ "2018 Scottish Women's Curling Championship Final Match Report". Scottish Curling. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  7. ^ "2018 World Women's Curling Championship". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Perthshire Curler Eve Muirhead to undergo surgery". Daily Record. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  9. ^ "2018–19 Curling World Cup – First Leg Teams". Curling World Cup. Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  10. ^ "2018 European Curling Championship". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  11. ^ "2019 Scottish Women's Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Wright/Waddell 2019 International Mixed Doubles Dumfries". CurlingZone. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  13. ^ "WCT Arctic Curling Cup finished in Dudinka, Russia". Arctic Cup. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  14. ^ "2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  15. ^ Cheyenne Boone (23 November 2019). "Sweden women defend European title on last stone thriller". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  16. ^ "2020 Perth Masters Finals". Perth Masters. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  17. ^ "Team Muirhead – Scottish Curling Women's Champions 2020". Scottish Curling. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  18. ^ The Canadian Press (12 March 2020). "World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled". The Sports Network. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  19. ^ "World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada". World Curling Federation. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  20. ^ "Video: – 2019 National Women's Quarterfinals – Eve Muirhead vs Jennifer Jones". CBC. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  21. ^ "British Curling NCA January Challenge – Women's". CurlingZone. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  22. ^ "British Curling NCA Women's Elite Finals". CurlingZone. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  23. ^ "Women's Worlds added to bubble". Curling Canada. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  24. ^ Jackie Spiegel (9 May 2021). "World Women's Curling Championship 2021: Results, standings, schedule and TV channel". Sporting News. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  25. ^ George Walker (17 May 2022). "Another Young Curling Champion Retires". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  26. ^ "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B26.
  27. ^ "2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  28. ^ "Scottish Champ Vicky Wright Rejoins NHS Front Line". British Curling. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  29. ^ Westerby, John (24 March 2020). "Great Britain curler Vicky Wright joins the coronavirus fight". The Times. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  30. ^ British Curling Profile
  31. ^ "Vicky WRIGHT". 2022 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  32. ^ "Vicky Wright Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
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