Eve Muirhead - Born to be an Olympic gold medal Curler
11/14/23 • 32 min
This week on the Outside & Active Podcast Dom welcomes Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead is one of the world’s most successful curlers – most recently becoming Olympic Champion as skip for the British team in 2022 at the Beijing Winter Olympics in February 2022 and World Champion in the Mixed Doubles in May 2022.
She also carried the flag for her country at the 2022 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.
Her achievements began at an early age when she won the World Junior Curling Championships, aged just 17. She went onto win that tournament four times in total.
In addition, she has performed to a consistently high standard in the World Championships – winning a silver medal in 2010, a gold in 2013 and a bronze in 2017, and in the European Championships, where she has won two bronze, four silver and three gold medals since 2010.
Eve, who was born into a farming family in Blair Atholl, has strong connections with the local area. She is a member of curling and golf clubs in Perthshire, and also regularly trains at the National Curling Academy in Stirling.
Outside of curling, Eve has piped at four World Championships, and plays off a very low handicap at golf, having turned down the opportunity to become a professional golfer in 2010.
She has also received the award of Doctor of the University from Stirling University and an OBE from the British Government in recognition of her outstanding contribution to British sport.
She has recently retired from curling professionally and is enjoying figuring out what she wants to do next!
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This week on the Outside & Active Podcast Dom welcomes Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead is one of the world’s most successful curlers – most recently becoming Olympic Champion as skip for the British team in 2022 at the Beijing Winter Olympics in February 2022 and World Champion in the Mixed Doubles in May 2022.
She also carried the flag for her country at the 2022 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.
Her achievements began at an early age when she won the World Junior Curling Championships, aged just 17. She went onto win that tournament four times in total.
In addition, she has performed to a consistently high standard in the World Championships – winning a silver medal in 2010, a gold in 2013 and a bronze in 2017, and in the European Championships, where she has won two bronze, four silver and three gold medals since 2010.
Eve, who was born into a farming family in Blair Atholl, has strong connections with the local area. She is a member of curling and golf clubs in Perthshire, and also regularly trains at the National Curling Academy in Stirling.
Outside of curling, Eve has piped at four World Championships, and plays off a very low handicap at golf, having turned down the opportunity to become a professional golfer in 2010.
She has also received the award of Doctor of the University from Stirling University and an OBE from the British Government in recognition of her outstanding contribution to British sport.
She has recently retired from curling professionally and is enjoying figuring out what she wants to do next!
Ellis Brigham
Athlete Tested, Expedition Proven
Check out the new Summit Series from The North Face which redefines backcountry snowsports clothing, using GORE-TEXTM PRO for durable waterproof and breathable performance – guaranteed.
https://www.ellis-brigham.com/the-north-face-snowsports
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Scott Jenkins - How I completed the Triple Crown of 200's
This week on the Outside & Active Podcast Dom welcomes Scott Jenkins
Scott Jenkins, is a Welsh Ultra endurance runner and philanthropist.
He has an impressive ultra running CV that spans across 12 years completing numerous challenges and races along the way.
He has run the deserts of Death Valley, the forested wilderness of Washington state, and the freezing landscape of Iceland.
Scott has recently become the first Briton to complete the Destination Trail Triple Crown.
This challenge consists of three 200-mile races run consecutively over four months, an achievement we speak about in this episode.
You can read more about Scott by heading to his website https://scottjjenkins.co.uk/
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Isaac Kenyon - Completing an Ironman with a 15kg weighted vest
This week on the Outside & Active Podcast Dom welcomes Isaac Kenyon
Isaac is one of the youngest international keynote speakers in the world who wears many hats! Isaac is also a philanthropic world-record-breaking british eco-adventurer, an energy transition expert communicator, a fellow of the royal geographical society of london and the geological society of london and a trustee for mind mental health charity.
Isaac seeks to make a positive difference to the planet in search of climate solutions and has founded b corporation ‘climate explorers cic’. Isaac has swum seas, climbed mountains, rowed oceans, cycle toured countries and even cycled over sea.
With an out-of-the-box mindset isaac can host events and deliver in different scenarios and roles, with high flexibility and adaptability skills at his disposal.
Isaac is confident he will leave a lasting impact of thought-provoking (sometimes challenging) ideas and inspiration to transform any business into a high-performing sustainable workplace which can boast a culture that values the mental health of their employees to produce extraordinary teams and greater results.
He has recently completed an incredible challenge, something that Dom and Isaac speak about in this episode.
Find out more about Isaac on his website: https://www.isaackenyon.com/
The Ellie Soutter Foundation
The Ellie Soutter Foundation was set up to support young winter sports athletes through funding initiatives and coaching them through the pressures of professional competition following the tragic death of Ellie Soutter in 2018.
Importantly the foundation is now focused on raising awareness of the dangers of concussion and has recently partnered with ImPACT online ConcussionTesting.
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