Thomas Brewster Jr. (born 10 April 1974) is a Scottish curler from

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. He is currently the coach of the

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men's team.

Career

Brewster is a former World Junior champion, having won the title in 1995. The Scottish team which consisted of

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, Ronald Brewster, Steve Still and

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finished 8–1 after the round robin, and defeated Sweden's Henrik Edlund and then Germany's

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to win the championship. Play in Curl Aberdeen - geograph

Brewster has skipped Scotland to two European Mixed titles, in 2006 and in 2009. Brewster has been a frequent participant in

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events, perhaps more so than the more successful Scottish teams. He has won a total of six WCT events, all European events. He has played in 12

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events, advancing to the quarterfinals on five occasions (but never further). In 2002, Brewster was invited to play in his first

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. He was an alternate for the Warwick Smith team which won the bronze medal. Brewster won his first Scottish men's title in 2011, and represented Scotland at the

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, finishing second in the round robin and winning the silver by losing the final against

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. In

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he again won silver, this time losing in the final against

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skip

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2014 Olympic team

Former World Champion

was added to the Brewster rink in 2012 to boost the team's chances at the

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. The team did not find immediate success in their first major tournament, finishing 7th at the

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. After then, Brewster was bumped to third on the team, with Murdoch skipping. This turned out to be a successful lineup change, as the team won a bronze medal at the

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. The team then went on to take bronze at the 2013 European Championships. Brewster made his

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Winter Olympic debut at the Sochi

. Brewster would not see any action at the games, as he would be the team's alternate for the event. However, he and teammates

, Michael Goodfellow, Scott Andrews and

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wound up winning the silver medal, after losing to Canada's

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rink in the gold medal game. The team disbanded in 2014. Following the 2014 Olympics, Brewster focused on fitness training, in order to overcome limitations due to a broken leg he suffered when he was younger. In a 2016 interview with ''

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'' he said that this training had allowed him to significantly improve his technique. Subsequently, he formed part of a new rink with Hammy McMillan Jr., Ross Paterson, and Glen Muirhead. In 2016 Brewster guided his rink to victories over Team Murdoch in both the Scottish championships in February and the European Playdowns in October. Team Brewster also competed for Scotland at the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship, although they missed out on a medal: subsequently the team were passed over for selection for the

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in favour of Kyle Smith's rink.

Personal life

Tom is now the Ice rink manager at Curl Aberdeen. He is married to Kim Brewster, and has one son and one daughter.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brewster, Tom 1974 births Living people Scottish male curlers British male curlers Olympic curlers for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in curling Scottish Olympic competitors Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from St Andrews Scottish curling coaches