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.
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| Born | 3 November 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Balfron CC, Balfron, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
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Career
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
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
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
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| 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
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