Ewan MacDonald (born 17 November 1975 in

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, Scotland) is a

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curler. Representing Scotland, he is a three-time

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, playing second for Hammy McMillan in 1999 and playing third for David Murdoch in 2006 and 2009. He has also represented

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at three

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, in

Salt Lake City 2002 The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soó ...

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and

Vancouver 2010 )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

. He was previously married to fellow curler and the 2002 Olympic Gold medallist, Fiona MacDonald. In 2023, he was inducted into the World Curling Federation Hall of Fame.

Career

At his World Championship debut in 1999, MacDonald played second for Hammy McMillan. Their Scottish team would go all the way and win the gold medal defeating Canada in the final, skipped by

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. Later that year they won the

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defeating Denmark in the final skipped by Ulrik Schmidt. In 2001 the team was back at the European Championships, but they finished in fifth place. In 2002 they represented Great Britain at the

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and finished in seventh place. That year Ewan switched teams to play second for Warwick Smith. They went to the

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and won a bronze medal. The team returned to the 2003 Ford World Curling Championships and finished in seventh place. At the 2004 Ford World Curling Championships, MacDonald skipped Scotland to a fifth-place finish. At the

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, MacDonald was an alternate for David Murdoch's silver medal-winning team. Later that year, MacDonald moved up to play second and the team won a bronze at the European Championships. By 2006, MacDonald was playing third and the new team finished in fourth place at the 2006 Winter Olympics. They would also go to the

2006 World Men's Curling Championship The 2006 World Men's Curling Championship was held April 1–9, 2006 at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Scotland, skipped by David Murdoch, won the tournament defeating Canada in the final. Teams *** ...

where they won a gold medal. Ewan MacDonald would return to the World Championship podium at the 2009 Moncton World Championships where his team won the gold medal. For the round robin portion of the competition MacDonald had the best percentage, 88%, of all Thirds. In the 1 vs. 2 Playoff Match and in the Gold Medal Match he outshot Canadian third John Morris shooting 89% and 88% respectively.

Teammates

2010 Vancouver Olympic Games )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

** David Murdoch, ''Skip'' ** Peter Smith, ''Second'' **

Euan Byers Euan Byers (born 30 July 1974) is a Scottish curler. Byers started playing curling in 1983. He plays in first position and is right-handed. Byers is a double world champion and triple European champion. Teammates 2010 Vancouver Olympic Gam ...

, ''Lead'' ** Graeme Connal, ''Alternate'' * 2006 Torino Olympic Games ** David Murdoch, ''Skip'' ** Warwick Smith, ''Second'' **

, ''Lead'' ** Craig Wilson, ''Alternate'' * 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games ** Hammy McMillan, ''Skip'' ** Warwick Smith, ''Third'' ** Peter Loudon, ''Lead'' ** Norman Brown, ''Alternate''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macdonald, Ewan 1975 births Living people Scottish male curlers British male curlers Olympic curlers for Great Britain Curlers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics World curling champions European curling champions Continental Cup of Curling participants Sportspeople from Inverness