Iain Baxter (curler)

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Iain Baxter
Curler
 ♂
Born(1948-12-04)4 December 1948[1]
Corstorphine
Died29 July 2015(2015-07-29) (aged 66)
Edinburgh
Team
Curling club, Corstorphine
Oxenfoord CC, Edinburgh
Career
Member Association Scotland
World Championship
appearances		2 (1971, 1978)
European Championship
appearances		1 ()
Other appearancesWorld Senior Championships: 2 (2002, 2003)
Medal record
Curling
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 1971 Megève
Scottish Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1971
Gold medal – first place 1978
World Senior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Winnipeg

Iain Baxter (born 4 December 1948; died 29 July 2015) was a Scottish curler.

He was a 1971 World Men's silver medallist[2] and a two-time Scottish men's champion (1971, 1978).

He was also 1978 Scottish Mixed Curling champion and two-time (2002, 2003).[3]

Teams[]

Men's[]

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events
1970–71 James Sanderson Willie Sanderson Iain Baxter Colin Baxter SMCC 1971 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WMCC 1971 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1977–78 James Sanderson Iain Baxter Willie Sanderson Colin Baxter SMCC 1978 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WMCC 1978 (5th)
1978–79 James Sanderson Iain Baxter Colin Baxter Willie Sanderson (4th)
2001–02 Iain Baxter James Muir Sandy Brown Harry Ferguson Andrew Hepburn (WSCC) 2002 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WSCC 2002 (5th)
2002–03 Iain Baxter James Muir Sandy Brown Harry Ferguson Andrew Hepburn (WSCC) SSCC 2003 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WSCC 2003 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Mixed[]

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
1978 Jimmy Sanderson Jane Sanderson Iain Baxter Helen Baxter SMxCC 1978 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1982 Iain Baxter Christine Wood Jimmy Wood Helen Baxter SMxCC 1982 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Personal life[]

His brother Colin is also a curler and Iain's teammate. Their parents, father Bobby and mother Mabel, were curlers too.

References[]

  1. ^ "Iain Baxter Funeral Arrangements". Scottish Curling. August 5, 2015. Archived from the original on 2019-12-07. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  2. ^ Iain Baxter on the World Curling Federation database Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Scottish Senior Champions Men - Scottish Curling

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