Kyle Smith (curler)

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Kyle Smith Curling
birthday 9th July 1992 (age 28)
place of birth Perth, Scotland
Career
nation ScotlandScotland Scotland
society St. Martin's CC
Playing position Third
Playing hand right
status active
Medal table
EM medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
JWM medals 1 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
University medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
World Curling Federation European Curling Championships
silver 2017 St. Gallen
Junior World Curling ChampionshipTemplate: medals_winter sports / maintenance / unrecognized
bronze 2012 Östersund
gold 2013 Sochi
silver 2014 Flims
Logo of the FISU Winter Universiade
silver 2013 Trentino
bronze 2015 Štrbské Pleso
last change: July 26, 2018

Kyle Smith (born July 9, 1992 in Perth ) is a Scottish curler . He currently plays third on Skip Glen Muirhead's team .

Career

Smith began his international career at the 2012 Junior World Championships , where he won the bronze medal as the skip of the Scottish team. At the Junior World Championship in 2013 , he and his team were world champions. 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 skip of the Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh team. He won another medal in 2015 when he skipped the team at Scotland's Rural College, Aberdeen, by finishing third.

At the European Championships 2017 in St. Gallen , Smith was able to move into the final against the Swedish team of Niklas Edin as Skip after a semi-final victory against Switzerland (Skip: Peter de Cruz ) , but lost there 10: 5 because the Swedes succeeded to steal four stones in the end.

Smith and his teammates (Third: Thomas Muirhead , Second: Kyle Waddell , Lead: Cameron Smith , 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.

His team was changed for the 2018/19 season. Smith has since played on the position of third, while the previous alternate Glen Muirhead has taken over the position of the skips; Second is Thomas Muirhead and lead Cameron Smith.

Smith also plays with his team on the World Curling Tour and has won several competitions.

Private life

Smith is the son of Scottish curler David Smith , who won the gold medal at the 1991 World Cup . His brother Cameron plays with him on the same team and his younger sister Mili took part in the curling competition for Great Britain at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games . His uncle Peter and his father won the 1991 World Championships and the 2006 and 2009 World Championships under David Murdoch as Skip ; he was also part of the British curling team at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Team GB: Kyle Smith. Retrieved November 24, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Sweden win at fourth consecutive Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships, World Curling Federation . Retrieved November 26, 2017
  3. ↑ British Curling Announces Program Teams 2018-19. In: British Curling. July 11, 2018, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Kyle Smith. worldcurl.com, accessed November 24, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Kevin Ferrie: Team Smith focused set to do business at Euro Curling Champs. In: The Herald. November 19, 2017, accessed November 24, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b Athlete Profile - Kyle Smith. In: www.olympic.org. Retrieved February 22, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Smith, Kyle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish curler
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Perth