Claire Hamilton (born 31 January 1989) is a Scottish curler. She formerly played lead for the rink skipped by

Eve Muirhead Eve Muirhead (born 22 April 1990) is a Scottish former curler from Perth and the skip of the British Olympic Curling team. Muirhead and the GB team became Olympic champions at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the bron ...

. Representing Scotland, they were the 2013 World Champions and representing

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, they were the 2014 Olympic bronze medallists. Hamilton was born in

Lockerbie Lockerbie (, ) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, located in south-western Scotland. The 2001 Census recorded its population as 4,009. The town had an estimated population of in . The town came to international attention in December 1988 when ...

, Scotland and was educated at

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and the

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, where she studied pharmacy. She was a member of the Anna Sloan rink that won a gold medal for Great Britain at the

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, playing as the team's alternate. In March 2011, she played third for Sloan at the 2011 World Championships, along with

Vicki Adams Victoria Elizabeth "Vicki" Chalmers (née Adams) (born 16 November 1989) is a Scottish former curling, curler who was the long time second for Eve Muirhead. Representing Scotland, they won the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship, 2013 Worl ...

, Rhiann MacLeod and

as alternate. They finished 9th. Sloan joined forces with Muirhead after that season, with Hamilton becoming the team's lead and Adams playing in second position. They had quick success, winning the gold medal at the

2011 European Curling Championships The 2011 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Moscow, Russia from December 2 to 10.2012 World Championships, placing 6th. Team Muirhead won gold medals at the 2013 World Curling Championships in Riga, Latvia, with Lauren Gray as alternate. Representing

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, they won a bronze medal at the

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, Russia. In May 2014 Hamilton announced that she was leaving Eve Muirhead's rink. Shortly afterwards she took up cycling, and took a silver medal in the

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at the Scottish National Track Championships in October 2014.

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