Vicki Adams

Vicki Adams
Curler
Born	16 November 1989 Edinburgh, Scotland
Team
Curling club	Portpatrick CC, Portpatrick, SCO
Skip	Eve Muirhead
Third	Anna Sloan
Second	Vicki Adams
Lead	Sarah Reid
Alternate	Rachel Hannen
Career
World Championship appearances	4 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015)
European Championship appearances	6 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Grand Slam victories	6: Players' Championships: (2013, 2015, 2016); Autumn Gold, 2013; Colonial Square, 2014; Canadian Open, 2014)
Medal record Curling Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Winter Universiade 2011 Erzurum Representing  Scotland World Championships 2013 Riga European Curling Championships 2011 Moscow 2012 Karlstad 2013 Stavanger 2015 Esbjerg 2014 Champéry World Junior Curling Championships 2009 Vancouver 2011 Perth

Victoria "Vicki" Adams (born 16 November 1989) is a Scottish curler from Stirling. She plays second for Eve Muirhead. Representing Scotland, they are the 2013 World Champions and representing Great Britain, they are the 2014 Olympic bronze medallists.

Adams was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and lives in Stranraer. She has been a long-time member of the Muirhead rink, dating back to her junior career. With Muirhead, she won three gold medals at the World Junior Curling Championships, winning in 2008, 2009 and 2011. Adams, whilst at the University of the West of Scotland also won a gold medal at the 2011 Winter Universiade, playing second for Anna Sloan.^[1][2]

Adams stayed with the Muirhead rink after her junior career, except for the 2011 World Championships, when she played second for Sloan, finishing ninth. With the Muirhead rink, she won a gold medal at the 2011 European Championships in Moscow and the 2013 World Championships in Riga. The Scottish world champion team of Muirhead, Sloan, Adams and Claire Hamilton, were selected to represent Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics, where they won the bronze medal.^[3]

References

1. "Women’s Curling seal first ever GB Universiade Curling Gold". British Universities and Colleges Sport. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
2. "UWS Student Wins Gold at World Junior Curling Championships" (Press release). University of the West of Scotland. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
3. Williams, Ollie (20 February 2014). "Britain's women win curling bronze to equal Team GB record". Sport Winter Olympics (BBC). Retrieved 21 February 2014.

External links

• Vicki Adams on the World Curling Federation database
• Olympic Profile

• Vicki Adams on the World Curling Tour database