Michael Goodfellow (born 8 October 1988) is a retired Scottish curler. He currently is employed as a coach for Scottish Curling, winning the 2025 World Championship as coach of

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's team.

Career

As a youth, Goodfellow played in two

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s, one in 2009 and 2011. He played lead at the

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for the British team, skipped by John Hamilton. They finished 7th. He was the British alternate at the

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, on a team skipped by Glen Muirhead that finished 4th. Despite being the team's alternate, he played in 8 round robin games. On the

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, Goodfellow played lead for Jamie Dick for 2008–09 before joining with Muirhead for 2009–10 to play lead for him. He joined the Tom Brewster rink in 2010 and played lead for Brewster, and then for

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beginning in 2013. With Brewster, Goodfellow won three straight Scottish championships between 2011 and 2013. With the team, he won silver medals at the 2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship and 2012 World Men's Curling Championship and a bronze medal at the

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with Murdoch as skip. Goodfellow played in two European Curling Championship as an altnerate on the team. At the 2012 European Curling Championships, the team finished 7th, and Goodfellow would play in 7 games. The team won a bronze medal at the

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, with Goodfellow playing in 11 games. February 2014 saw Goodfellow make his

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Winter Olympic debut at the Sochi 2014 games alongside

, Tom Brewster, Scott Andrews and Greg Drummond. The team took bronze at the 2013 European Championships. The team also represented Scotland at the 2017 World Men's Curling Championship, finishing in 6th. After on season playing for Greg Drummond, Goodfellow joined the Ross Paterson rink in 2018. The team went on to win the

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event and a bronze medal at the

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. Goodfellow retired from curling in 2021.

Personal life

Goodfellow is married.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodfellow, Michael 1988 births Living people Scottish male curlers British male curlers Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for Great Britain Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in curling Scottish Olympic competitors Curlers from Stirling Scottish curling coaches 21st-century Scottish sportsmen