Vicky Wright

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Vicky Wright
Curler
Born
Victoria Wright

(1993-08-15) 15 August 1993 (age 28)
Dumfries, Scotland
Team
Curling club, Leswalt, Scotland
SkipEve Muirhead
ThirdVicky Wright
SecondJennifer Dodds
LeadHailey Duff
AlternateMili Smith
Mixed doubles
partner		Grant Hardie
Career
Member Association Scotland
 Great Britain
World Championship
appearances		2 (2018, 2021)
European Championship
appearances		3 (2018, 2019, 2021)
Olympic
appearances		1 (2022)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Scotland
European Curling Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lillehammer
Silver medal – second place 2019 Helsingborg
World Junior Curling Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Sochi

Victoria Wright[1] (born 15 August 1993) is a Scottish curler from Forfar.[2] She currently plays third on Team Eve Muirhead.

Career[]

Before playing for Muirhead, Wright curled for Hannah Fleming. She was the alternate for Scotland at the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships where the team won a silver medal.[3] She won the 2018 Scottish Women's Curling Championship as lead for Fleming to qualify for her first World Championship.[4] At the 2018 World Women's Curling Championship, the team struggled, finishing the round robin with a 5–7 record.[5]

For the 2018–19 season, Wright joined team Muirhead as the alternate. She played for the team at the first leg of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup as Muirhead had a hip injury.[6] They finished in sixth with a 2–4 record.[7] She played in her first European Curling Championships at the 2018 European Curling Championships. There, the team had a disappointing performance, finishing with a 4–5 record, missing the playoffs.[8] At the , the team qualified for the final but lost to Sophie Jackson 11–7.[9] Wright also played in the that season with Craig Waddell where they lost in the quarterfinals.[10] To finish off the season, Team Muirhead won the 2019 WCT Arctic Cup.[11]

The following season, Wright replaced Vicki Chalmers on the team due to Chalmers stepping away from competitive curling. The team won their first event of the 2019–20 season, the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic.[12] At the 2019 European Curling Championships, the Muirhead rink reached the final where they lost to Sweden's Anna Hasselborg, claiming the silver medal.[13] In early January, they won the Mercure Perth Masters.[14] Team Muirhead claimed the 2020 Scottish Women's Curling Championship by defeating 8–3 in the championship game.[15] The team was set to represent Scotland at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship before the event got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16][17] In Grand Slam play, they played in three events and qualified in one of them, the 2019 National where they lost in the quarterfinals to Jennifer Jones.[18]

Due to the ongoing pandemic, there were a limited number of tour events held during the 2020–21 season. Team Muirhead did play in a series of domestic events put on by the , where they won the January Challenge event and finished runner-up to Team Gina Aitken in the Elite Finals.[19][20] Wright and her mixed doubles partner Grant Hardie lost in the final of the December event to Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat. A "curling bubble" was set up in Calgary, Canada in the spring, which hosted a number of events, including the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship and two slams.[21] Team Muirhead competed in both the 2021 Champions Cup and the 2021 Players' Championship, failing to qualify at both events. The next week, the team represented Scotland at the World's, where they finished with a disappointing 6–7, in eighth place.[22]

Personal life[]

Wright studied nursing at Glasgow Caledonian University, and works as a nurse[23] at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert.[24][25] She is in a relationship with fellow curler Greg Drummond.[26]

Teams[]

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
2011–12[27] Jennifer Dodds Vicky Wright
2012–13 Vicky Wright Mhairi Baird
2013–14 Jennifer Martin Hazel Smith Vicky Wright Mhairi Baird
2014–15 Lauren Gray Jennifer Dodds Vicky Wright Mhairi Baird
2015–16 Lauren Gray Jennifer Dodds Vicky Wright Mhairi Baird
2016–17 Hannah Fleming Jennifer Dodds Alice Spence Vicky Wright
2017–18 Hannah Fleming Jennifer Dodds Alice Spence Vicky Wright Sophie Jackson
2018–19 Eve Muirhead Jennifer Dodds Vicki Chalmers Lauren Gray Vicky Wright
2019–20 Eve Muirhead Lauren Gray Jennifer Dodds Vicky Wright
2020–21 Eve Muirhead Vicky Wright Jennifer Dodds Lauren Gray Sophie Sinclair
2021–22 Eve Muirhead Vicky Wright Jennifer Dodds Hailey Duff Mili Smith

References[]

  1. ^ https://world-curling-federation.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/pdf-documents/competition-CUR_1920_ECCA/2019-11-15-201103906Women's%20Entry%20List%20by%20Country.pdf[bare URL]
  2. ^ "2021 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  3. ^ "2013 World Junior Curling Championship". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  4. ^ "2018 Scottish Women's Curling Championship Final Match Report". Scottish Curling. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  5. ^ "2018 World Women's Curling Championship". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Perthshire Curler Eve Muirhead to undergo surgery". Daily Record. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  7. ^ "2018–19 Curling World Cup – First Leg Teams". Curling World Cup. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  8. ^ "2018 European Curling Championship". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  9. ^ "2019 Scottish Women's Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Wright/Waddell 2019 International Mixed Doubles Dumfries". CurlingZone. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  11. ^ "WCT Arctic Curling Cup finished in Dudinka, Russia". Arctic Cup. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  12. ^ "2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  13. ^ Cheyenne Boone (23 November 2019). "Sweden women defend European title on last stone thriller". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  14. ^ "2020 Perth Masters Finals". Perth Masters. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Team Muirhead – Scottish Curling Women's Champions 2020". Scottish Curling. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  16. ^ The Canadian Press (12 March 2020). "World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled". The Sports Network. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  17. ^ "World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada". World Curling Federation. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  18. ^ "Video: – 2019 National Women's Quarterfinals – Eve Muirhead vs Jennifer Jones". CBC. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  19. ^ "British Curling NCA January Challenge – Women's". CurlingZone. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  20. ^ "British Curling NCA Women's Elite Finals". CurlingZone. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  21. ^ "Women's Worlds added to bubble". Curling Canada. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  22. ^ Jackie Spiegel (9 May 2021). "World Women's Curling Championship 2021: Results, standings, schedule and TV channel". Sporting News. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  23. ^ "2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  24. ^ "Scottish Champ Vicky Wright Rejoins NHS Front Line". British Curling. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  25. ^ Westerby, John (24 March 2020). "Great Britain curler Vicky Wright joins the coronavirus fight". The Times. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  26. ^ British Curling Profile
  27. ^ "Vicky Wright Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

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