Aileen Neilson

Aileen Neilson (born 15 August 1971)[2] is a Scottish wheelchair curler. She is the first woman to skip a wheelchair curling team in either the Paralympic Games (2010) or World Championships (2011).[3]

Aileen Neilson
Personal information
Nickname(s)Mother Goose[1]
NationalityScottish
Born (1971-08-15) 15 August 1971
East Kilbride, Scotland[1]
Sport
Country Scotland
 Great Britain
SportWheelchair curling
Medal record
Wheelchair curling
Representing  Great Britain
Winter Paralympic Games
2014 Sochi Mixed competition
Representing  Scotland
World Championships
2011 Prague Mixed competition
2019 Stirling Mixed competition
2007 Sollefteå Mixed competition
Updated on 10 March 2019.

Career

Although she comes from a family of curlers Neilson only took up the sport in 2004 at the age of 33. She subsequently made her international debut in 2006.[1]

She was part of the Great Britain wheelchair curling team at the 2010 Paralympic Games in Vancouver, Canada.

She has a bronze medal from the 2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship[3] and a silver from the 2011 World Wheelchair Curling Championship.[1]

She won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Paralympics at Sochi with the British team beating China 7–3 in the third-place play-off match.[4]

She is a teacher at Bent Primary School in South Lanarkshire. Her partner is former teammate and predecessor as skip of the British Paralympic rink Michael McCreadie.[1]

References
  1. "Aileen Neilson". Sochi2014.com. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  2. "Aileen Neilson". Vancouver2010.com. Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010.
  3. Athlete Profile – Aileen Neilson Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Disability Sport
  4. "Sochi Paralympics: GB curlers beat China to win bronze". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
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