- David Murdoch
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Not to be confused with David Murdock.
David Murdoch 
Born April 17, 1978
Dumfries, ScotlandTeam Curling club Lockerbie CC, Lockerbie Skip David Murdoch Third Glen Muirhead Second Ross Paterson Lead Richard Woods Career World Championship
appearances5 (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010) European Championship
appearances7 (2003, 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 )Olympic medal record Curling World Championships Silver 2005 Victoria Gold 2006 Lowell Silver 2008 Grand Forks Gold 2009 Moncton Bronze 2010 Cortina d'Ampezzo World Junior Championships Gold 1995 Perth Gold 1996 Red Deer Silver 1998 Thunder Bay European Championships Gold 2003 Courmayeur Bronze 2005 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Silver 2006 Basel Gold 2007 Füssen Gold 2008 Örnsköldsvik David Murdoch (born April 17, 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.
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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 January 17, 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.
Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate 2006-07 David Murdoch Ewan MacDonald Warwick Smith Euan Byers 2007-08 David Murdoch Ewan MacDonald Pete Smith Euan Byers 2008-09 David Murdoch Ewan MacDonald Pete Smith Euan Byers 2009-10 David Murdoch Ewan MacDonald Pete Smith Euan Byers Graeme Connall 2010-11 David Murdoch Warwick Smith Glen Muirhead Ross Hepburn 2010-11 David Murdoch Glen Muirhead Ross Paterson Richard Woods Awards
- WJCC All-star lead: 1996
- WJCC All-star third: 1998
Continental Cup of Curling
Murdoch has participated in four Continental Cup events.
Year Event Points 2004 Mixed Doubles 6 2004 Men's Team 0 2004 Singles 0 2004 Men's Skins 21 2006 Mixed Doubles 0 2006 Men's Team 6 2006 Men's Skins 17 2007 2008 Grand Slam record
Event 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 World Cup DNP DNP DNP DNP Q Q Canadian Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP The National Q DNP DNP DNP QF DNP Players' Championships DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - Key
- C – Champion
- F – Lost final
- SF – Lost semi final
- QF – Lost quarter final
- Q – Did not make playoffs
- DNP – Did not participate in event
References
- ^ http://www.sisport.com/sisport/1897.html?pStyle=plain
- ^ Curling Scoops. 2008 World Men's Curling Championship
- ^ Curling Scoops: Scots on Top
Categories:- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from Dumfries
- Scottish curlers
- Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- World curling champions
- Olympic curlers of Great Britain
- Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Dumfries
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