David Murdoch

For other people named David Murdoch, see David Murdoch (disambiguation).

David Murdoch
MBE
Curler
Born (1978-04-17) 17 April 1978 (age 46)
Dumfries, Scotland
Team
Curling clubCurl Aberdeen,
Aberdeen, Scotland
Curling career
World Championship
appearances		8 (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017)
European Championship
appearances		11 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Olympic
appearances		3 (2006, 2010, 2014)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi
Representing  Scotland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Lowell
Gold medal – first place 2009 Moncton
Silver medal – second place 2005 Victoria
Silver medal – second place 2008 Grand Forks
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Cortina d'Ampezzo
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Victoria
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Courmayeur
Gold medal – first place 2007 Füssen
Gold medal – first place 2008 Örnsköldsvik
Silver medal – second place 2006 Basel
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Stavanger
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Perth
Gold medal – first place 1996 Red Deer
Silver medal – second place 1998 Thunder Bay

David Matthew Murdoch[1] MBE (born 17 April 1978) is a retired Scottish curler from Stirling.[2] As the Scotland skip, he and his former team of Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, Euan Byers and Peter Smith are the 2006 and 2009 World Curling Champions. Representing Great Britain, he has been skip at three Winter Olympics, Torino 2006, finishing fourth, Vancouver 2010, finishing fifth and Sochi 2014, where he won an Olympic silver medal.[3] He served as national and Olympic coach for British Curling since September 2018, before being named Curling Canada's high-performance director in early 2023.[4]

  1. ^ "Geni - David Matthew Murdoch". Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  2. ^ 2017 Ford Worlds Media Guide:Team Scotland
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Murdoch". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  4. ^ Strong, Gregory (2 February 2023). "2-time world champion David Murdoch named Curling Canada high-performance director". CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 9 April 2023.