Eve Muirhead

After two semi-final appearances in her first three Olympic Games, Eve Muirhead finally skipped Team GB to gold in Beijing earlier this year.

“Retiring from curling as a current European, world and Olympic champion is something I always dreamt of, and I am signing off with a huge smile on my face. I love you and can’t wait to spend more time with you.” She made her first appearance at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in 2010, skipping GB to three round-robin wins as they failed to make the semi-finals. In a statement, Muirhead said: “After 15 years of international curling and 21 international titles I have made the hardest decision of my life to hang up my curling shoes and retire. Muirhead, whose father Gordon was an international curler, grew up in Perthshire where she excelled as both a golfer and bagpiper, playing golf off scratch and piping competitively on the world stage. Throughout my career and like most athletes, I have experienced both the highest of the highs (becoming an Olympic champion) and the lowest of lows and at times the future seemed very distant.

The Scot was the skipper of the Great Britain women's team who claimed the gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in February. The 32-year-old ...

“I always dreamed of winning all three and to do it all in one season was amazing. I’m looking forward to exploring more opportunities and getting my golf clubs out… “After 15 years of international curling and 21 international titles I have made the hardest decision of my life to hang up my curling shoes and retire,” Muirhead said in a statement on Twitter.

After a stunning career that will see her go down as one of Britain's best ever Olympians, Eve Muirhead has confirmed that she will retire from curling.

She also won the World Mixed Doubles Championship in 2022. "I definitely didn't make the decision quickly. In 2014 at Sochi she had become the youngest skip ever to win a medal where she and her team took bronze.

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There have been very few rumours around her love-life and Muirhead is known to keep it private. Muirhead is an accomplished bagpiper and has piped at four World Championships. With regards to what’s next...I’m looking forward to exploring more opportunities and getting my golf clubs out...but watch this space!”. Not only does Muirhead have two Olympic medals, but she has three World Championship medals, a gold in 2013; a silver in 2010 and a bronze in 2017. It’s been an emotional journey but one I am incredibly proud of. The Perth-born Olympian lead the Great Britain side which won gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and claimed the prestigious gold medal in China and was the youngest skip to win an Olympic medal back in 2014 when her team claimed the bronze medal.

The Blair Atholl star admits now was the right time and she is signing off with a huge smile on her face.

I love you and can’t wait to spend more time with you. This comes from the bottom of my heart. “To every single team-mate I have had the privilege of playing with, I would like to thank you for your hard work and dedication. “Behind every athlete is a team and I have had the opportunity to work with some of the best and therefore there are many thanks to be made. “One thing that is important is that you have to enjoy it and have a laugh along the way, but you also have to trust each other as well and have respect for one another. “My message to up-and-coming curlers from what I have learnt from the sport and for them going into the sport, it is a case of give it your all,” she said.

Muirhead skippered Britain to gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, adding to bronze from Sochi 2014, and also claimed world and European titles ...

“Eve's 11 gold medals in Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships are a true testament to her dedication to curling over the years. I can't thank everyone here, but will do so individually I hope over the coming weeks." It's been an emotional journey, but a journey that I am incredibly proud of.

At the age of 32, curling great Eve Muirhead has decided to announce her retirement from the sport after achieving "everything she dreamt of" including ...

“It is a team of four and you have to be in it as much as each other and I think team dynamics is huge and you have to get on both on and off the ice. “Eve’s 11 gold medals in Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships are a true testament to her dedication to curling over the years,” he said. "The attitude that has allowed Eve to claim every honour in her sport with a wide array of team mates over four Olympic cycles could not have been better exemplified than in the way she responded to the greatest challenge of her career.” “After 15 years of international curling and 21 international titles I have made the hardest decision of my life to hang up my curling shoes and retire,” Muirhead said in a post on social media. British Curling performance director Nigel Holl paid tribute to the former curler and regarded her as one of the greatest UK sportswomen in history. After capturing further titles at the world, European and Scottish championship levels over a glittering career that spanned over 15 years, the star athlete has decided to move on to the next chapter of her life.

An athlete who won four consecutive golds in rowing, Sir Matthew Pinsent said: “Congrats on a fantastic career. European, World and Olympic champ is a nice ...

“Congratulations on such a wonderful career! Good ‘luck’ on the next chapter, but thank you for a wonderful story so far.” European, world and Olympic champ is a nice combo! European, World and Olympic champ is a nice combo! Congrats on a fantastic career. An athlete who won four consecutive golds in rowing, Sir Matthew Pinsent said: “Congrats on a fantastic career.

Eve Muirhead, who secured Britain's only gold medal at this year's Winter Olympics in Beijing, is retiring from the sport.

Muirhead teamed up with Bobby Lammie to win the mixed doubles world championship in April. It's been an emotional journey, but a journey that I am incredibly proud of." The 32-year-old Muirhead secured Britain's only gold medal at this year's Winter Olympics in Beijing, having also won bronze in Sochi in 2014.

LONDON (AP) — Olympic curling champion Eve Muirhead is retiring from the sport. The 32-year-old Muirhead secured Britain's only gold medal at this year's ...

It’s been an emotional journey, but a journey that I am incredibly proud of." “Eve Muirhead will go down in history not only as one of the greatest-ever British curlers, but as one of the greatest sportswomen this country has produced," British Curling performance director Nigel Holl said. “After 15 years of international curling and 21 international titles I have made the hardest decision of my life to hang up my curling shoes and retire,” Muirhead said in a post on social media on Thursday. “Throughout my career and like most athletes, I have experienced both the highest of the highs, (becoming an Olympic champion) and the lowest of lows and at times the future seemed very distant.