1. David Matthew Murdoch was born on 17 April 1978 and is a retired Scottish curler from Stirling.
18 Facts About David Murdoch
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David Murdoch served as national and Olympic coach for British Curling since September 2018, before being named Curling Canada's high-performance director in early 2023.
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In 2005, David Murdoch went to his first ever World Championships.
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David Murdoch successfully defended his title at the European Curling Championships 2008 against Norway's Thomas Ulsrud.
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In 2009, David Murdoch won a gold medal for Scotland at the World Men's Curling Championship, which was held in Moncton, New Brunswick.
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On 17 January 2010, David Murdoch's rink became the first non-Canadian team to win the TSN Skins Game.
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David Murdoch's 12 curling matches as skip of the Team GB men at the Sochi Olympics saw his last stones win crucial games including a vital play off against Norway in which his shot was dubbed by national press as 'shot of the century' to make the semi-finals and then a last shot against Sweden to secure a silver medal and Olympic final place.
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In 2016 Team David Murdoch were runners-up to Team Brewster in both the Scottish championships in February and the European Playdowns in October.
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David Murdoch's rink were selected to compete for Scotland at the 2017 World Curling Championship, where they secured qualification for Team GB to the 2018 Winter Olympics by finishing sixth: however in June 2017 it was announced that Kyle Smith's team had been chosen to compete at the 2018 Games over Team David Murdoch and Team Brewster.
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On 13 July 2017 David Murdoch announced his retirement from his playing career, and will begin coaching.
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David Murdoch has commentated and taken part in studio analysis on curling for Eurosport for many years and Channel 4 for the 2014 Winter Paralympics.
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David Murdoch has featured alongside the rest of the GB curling team on Eggheads for BBC2, as broadcast in February 2015.
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David Murdoch is a keen supporter of many charities and good causes, his charity work includes giving out Duke of Edinburgh awards regularly, most recently at Holyrood in the presence of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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David Murdoch has taken part in a charity curling calendar featuring as one of the world's elite curlers.
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David Murdoch is from a talented curling family being the brother of Olympic coach Nancy Murdoch and former European Champion Neil Murdoch.
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The siblings' mother, Marion David Murdoch, is a curling coach who was given a lifetime achievement award by Sportscotland in 2015 for her coaching work.
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David Murdoch has been credited by David as "a big part of how ended up being a competitive player", and she helped develop fellow Olympic medallists Claire Hamilton and Anna Sloan.
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David Murdoch was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to curling.