Cameron Smith (curler)
Cameron Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | 11th December 1993 (age 26) | |||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Perth , UK | |||||||||||||||||||||
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nation | Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||
society | St. Martin's CC | |||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Lead | |||||||||||||||||||||
Playing hand | Left | |||||||||||||||||||||
status | active | |||||||||||||||||||||
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last change: January 16, 2018 |
Cameron "Cammy" Smith (born December 11, 1993 in Perth ) is a Scottish curler . He plays in the position of lead in Glen Muirhead's team .
Career
Smith began his international career at the Junior World Championships in 2013 , where he won the gold medal as the lead of the Scottish team around his brother Kyle . In his last participation in 2014 , he again achieved a podium place with a silver medal.
At the 2013 Winter Universiade , he won the silver medal as the lead of the Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh team.
At the European Championships 2017 in St. Gallen , Smith was able to move into the final against the Swedish team of Niklas Edin after a semi-final victory against Switzerland (Skip: Peter de Cruz ) ; the Scots lost 10: 5 there, as the Swedes managed to steal four stones in the end.
Smith and his teammates (Skip: Kyle Smith, Third: Thomas Muirhead , Second: Kyle Waddell , Alternate: Glen Muirhead ) represented Great Britain at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games . After five wins and four defeats in the Round Robin , his team was tied for fourth place with Switzerland and had to play a tie-breaker against Peter de Cruz's team to make it into the final round . The British lost 5: 9 to the Swiss and thus finished the Olympic tournament in fifth place.
Private life
Smith is the son of Scottish curler David Smith , who won the gold medal at the 1991 World Cup . His uncle Peter Smith was a member of the British curling team at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics . His brother Kyle plays with him on the same team and his sister Mili competed for Great Britain in the curling competition at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games .
Web links
- Cameron Smith (Curler) on Worldcurling.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Team GB: Cammy Smith. In: teamgb.com. Team GB, accessed January 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Sweden win at fourth consecutive Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships. In: worldcurling.com. World Curling Federation, November 25, 2017, accessed January 16, 2018 .
- Jump up ↑ Athlete Profile - Cameron Smith. In: www.olympic.org. Retrieved February 22, 2018 .
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SURNAME | Smith, Cameron |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smith, Cammy |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish curler |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1993 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Perth (Scotland) |