Anna Sloan
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| Curler | |
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| Born | 5 February 1991 |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Hutton CC, Lockerbie, SCO |
| Skip | Eve Muirhead |
| Third | Anna Sloan |
| Second | Vicki Adams |
| Lead | Lauren Gray |
| Alternate | Rachel Hannen |
| Career | |
| World Championship appearances |
5 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016) |
| European Championship appearances |
5 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) |
| Grand Slam victories | 5: Players' Championships: 2 (2013, 2015); Autumn Gold, 2013 Colonial Square, 2014; Canadian Open, 2014) |
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Anna Sloan (born 5 February 1991) is a Scottish curler from Stirling. She currently plays third for the Eve Muirhead rink. Representing Scotland, they won the 2011 European Championships in Moscow and the 2013 World Championships in Riga. Representing Great Britain, they won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2014 Sochi Games.
Career
Sloan played third for Eve Muirhead's junior rink, winning the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships for Scotland. In 2010, she won a silver medal at the European Championships as alternate to the Muirhead rink. At the same time, Sloan skipped her own ladies rink and defeated Muirhead's separate ladies rink en route to the 2011 Scottish championship, defeating Hannah Fleming in the final. Before representing Scotland at her first World Championship, she won a second World Junior Championship playing third for the Muirhead junior rink. Two weeks later at the World Championships, she skipped Scotland to a ninth place finish. In addition, Sloan has skipped Great Britain to gold medals at the 2009 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival[1] and the 2011 Winter Universiade.[2]
Since the 2011-2012 season, Sloan has played third for the Muirhead rink, winning the 2011 European Championships and 2013 World Championships, Scotland's first world title in the women's event since 2002. They are also the 2012 and 2013 European silver medallists. The 2013 Scottish world champion team of Muirhead, Sloan, Vicki Adams (second) and Claire Hamilton (lead) were selected to represent Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics, where they won the bronze medal.[3]
Personal life
Sloan was born in Dumfries, Scotland and went to Glasgow Caledonian University, studying sport and active lifestyle promotion with the help of a Winning Student award.[4] She is currently in a relationship with Glen Muirhead.[5]
References
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External links
- Anna Sloan on the World Curling Federation database
- Anna Sloan on the World Curling Tour database
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