Thomas Muirhead (curler)


Thomas Muirhead is a Scottish curler from Blair Atholl. He competed for Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Thomas' brother Glen and sister Eve are also British curlers, and their father Gordon is also a former professional curler.

Personal life

Thomas Muirhead is the brother of Olympic bronze medalist Eve Muirhead, and his brother Glen is also a professional curler. Their father Gordon won a gold medal at the 1994 European Curling Championships, and was an alternate for the team that won the 1999 World Curling Championships.
Muirhead has a degree in agriculture from Scotland's Rural College. Aside from curling, Muirhead rears sheep. He began rearing sheep in Blair Atholl, but Thomas and Glen now rear sheep near Crieff.

Career

In 2013, Muirhead was part of the Scottish team that won the World Junior Curling Championships, the first time Scotland had won the event since 1996, and a silver medal at the 2013 Winter Universiade. In 2014, Thomas and his brother Glen joined Tom Brewster's curling team, and also competed in the 2015 World University Games. Muirhead now competes for Team Smith, led by Kyle Smith. After four weeks of the 2016 season, Smith's team was leading the World Curling Tour. Thomas competed against his brother Glen, winning the match 4–2. In 2016, he was part of the first British team to reach the final of a Grand Slam of Curling bonspiel. Muirhead was in the team that came second at the 2017 European Curling Championships. After finishing in the top eight at the 2017 World Curling Championships, Team Smith qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Thomas was selected as the third, whilst his brother Glen was chosen as the alternate for the men's curling team, and his sister Eve was chosen to skipper the women's curling team.