Aileen Neilson (born 15 August 1971) is a

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wheelchair curler. She is the first woman to skip a wheelchair curling team in either the

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(2010) or

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(2011).

Career

Although she comes from a family of curlers Neilson only took up the sport in 2004 at the age of 33. She subsequently made her international debut in 2006. She was part of the Great Britain wheelchair curling team at the 2010 Paralympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. She has a bronze medal from the

2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship The 2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 17 to 24 at the Sollefteå Curling Club in Sollefteå, Sweden. Qualification * (Host country) *Top seven finishers from the 2005 World Wheelchair Curling Championship (not in ...

Athlete Profile – Aileen Neilson
, Scottish Disability Sport and a silver from the

2011 World Wheelchair Curling Championship The 2011 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held in Prague, Czech Republic from February 22 - March 1, 2011. Ten mixed gender teams competed for four playoff spots. In the final, Canada's Jim Armstrong defeated Scotland's Aileen Neilson i ...

. She won a bronze medal at the

2014 Winter Paralympics The 2014 Winter Paralympics (), the 11th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Par ...

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with the British team beating China 7–3 in the third-place play-off match. She is a teacher at Bent Primary School in

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. Her partner is former teammate and predecessor as skip of the British Paralympic rink Michael McCreadie.

References

External links

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Video profile
at BBC Sport

at the Official Website for the

2010 Winter Paralympics The 2010 Winter Paralympics (), or the tenth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, from March 12 to 21, 2010. The opening ceremony took place in BC Place Stadium in Vancouver and the Closing ...

in Vancouver 1971 births Living people Scottish female curlers British female curlers Scottish wheelchair curlers Scottish Paralympic competitors Scottish schoolteachers Paralympic wheelchair curlers for Great Britain Paralympic medalists in wheelchair curling Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain Wheelchair curlers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Wheelchair curlers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Wheelchair curlers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Alumni of the University of the West of Scotland {{Scotland-curling-bio-stub