Eve Murihead is skip of the Team GB women’s curling team and has been selected to represent Team GB at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
Muirhead was born into a curling family, her father Gordon competed in the Alberville 1992 Winter Olympic Games and has also won a World Championship silver medal.
Muirhead has been curling since the age of nine.
In 2007 playing with Sarah Reid she won the Scottish Junior Championship, they then went on to win World Junior Championship gold beating Canada in the final.
Muirhead retained this title winning World Junior gold earlier this year in Vancouver as skip of the team.
Murihead is a very keen golfer and now plays of a handicap of two. She is also an accomplished bagpipes player and was in the Pitlochry and Blair Atholl pipe band but had to give it up due to curling and sporting commitments.
Last Updated: December 09