Lauren Gray
| Lauren Gray | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 November 1991 |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Balfron CC, Balfron, Scotland |
Curling career  | |
| Member Association |  Scotland  Great Britain |
| World Championship appearances | 5 (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021) |
| European Championship appearances | 5 (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) |
| Olympic appearances | 2 (2014, 2018) |
Medal record | |
Lauren Gray (born 3 November 1991) is a Scottish former curler from Stirling.[1] As alternate for the Eve Muirhead rink, she won a gold medal at the 2013 World Championships for Scotland, and a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Great Britain. She became lead for Muirhead's team in 2016, and won a gold medal at the 2017 European Championships. In 2019, she was promoted to third on the team, but returned to playing lead in 2021. After a disappointing result in the 2021 World Championships, Gray was dropped from Eve Muirhead's team and replaced by Hailey Duff.
Career
[edit]She competed for the British team at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi where the team won the bronze medal.[2] She had previously been part of the British rinks which won gold medals at the 2009 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival[3] and the 2011 Winter Universiade,[4] as well as the Scotland rinks which won the World Junior Curling Championships in 2012[5] and the World Curling Championships in 2013.[6] Following the 2014 Olympics, Gray was part of the commentary team for Channel 4's coverage of the wheelchair curling tournament at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.[7]
In May 2016, Gray became lead for Eve Muirhead's team, having previously been alternate for Muirhead's rink in their World Championship-winning campaign in 2013 and the Olympic tournament in 2014.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Gray was born in Glasgow and grew up in the village of Balfron where she attended Balfron Primary and then Balfron High School. She took up the sport at the age of eight.[9]
Gray graduated from University of Glasgow with a 2:1 in English Literature and Politics in 2013, on the same day that she was formally selected for the 2014 Olympics.[10]
She is the sister of curler Logan Gray.[9]
Teams
[edit]| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09[11] | Anna Sloan | Hannah Fleming | Lauren Gray | Alice Spence | Rebecca Kelsey |
| 2009–10 | Lauren Gray | Claire MacDonald | Tasha Aitken | Caitlin Barr | Anna Sloan |
| 2010–11 | Anna Sloan | Lauren Gray | Vicki Adams | Sarah McIntyre | Claire Hamilton |
| 2011–12 | Hannah Fleming | Lauren Gray | Alice Spence | Abigail Brown | Jennifer Martin |
| 2012–13 | Hannah Fleming | Lauren Gray | Jennifer Dodds | Abigail Brown | Vicky Wright |
| 2013–14 | Hannah Fleming | Lauren Gray | Jennifer Dodds | Alice Spence | Abigail Brown |
| 2014–15 | Lauren Gray | Jennifer Dodds | Vicky Wright | Mhairi Baird | |
| 2015–16 | Lauren Gray | Jennifer Dodds | Vicky Wright | Mhairi Baird | |
| 2016–17 | Eve Muirhead | Anna Sloan | Vicki Chalmers | Lauren Gray | |
| 2017–18 | Eve Muirhead | Anna Sloan | Vicki Chalmers | Lauren Gray | Kelly Schafer |
| 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 | Lauren Gray |
References
[edit]- ^ "2021 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ "Lauren Gray". sochi2014. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ Mackay, Graham (22 February 2009). "GB curlers land silver and gold". The Journal. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ "Women's Curling seal first ever GB Universiade Curling Gold". British Universities and Colleges Sport. 7 February 2011. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ^ "World Junior Curling Championships 2012 Women's Medal Games". World Curling Federation. 11 March 2012. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ "Curling: Scotland's women beat Sweden in world final". bbc.co.uk. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ "Here's your commentary team at the Ice Cube: Bob Kelly and Lauren Gray". twitter.com. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ "Curling: Lauren Gray joins Eve Muirhead's rink as lead". BBC Sport. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ a b Bennett, Gabriella (17 February 2014). "Who's that girl? Our guide to the British female curling team". HeraldScotland.com. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ "Lauren Gray announced as curling alternate for Team GB". Team GB. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ "Lauren Gray Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
External links
[edit]
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Glasgow
- British female curlers
- Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade
- Continental Cup of Curling participants
- Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Curlers from Glasgow
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic curlers for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in curling
- Scottish Olympic competitors
- Scottish female curlers
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Great Britain
- Winter World University Games medalists in curling
- People educated at Balfron High School
- Sportspeople from Stirling (council area)