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Who is Eve Muirhead, and does the Team GB curling skip at Winter Olympics 2022 have a boyfriend?

TEAM GB's women curlers are on the hunt for Olympic glory - and skip Eve Muirhead is looking to better the fourth place they claimed four years ago.

Effectively bowls on ice, curling becomes a national obsession during the Winter Olympics, with the country most memorably holding its breath during Rhona Martin's dramatic final stone in 2002.

Muirhead's GB team are going for gold in Pyeongchang
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Muirhead's GB team are going for gold in BeijingCredit: Reuters

This years competitors are hoping to emulate that gold medal performance in Beijing.

Who is Eve Muirhead?

Still only 31-years-old, Eve Muirhead is the youngest ever skip to win an Olympic curling medal with the bronze in Sochi in 2014.

Born in Perth, Scotland in 1990 and the daughter of an international curler, Eve had success in junior championships before representing Scotland from 2008 onwards.

And just a year later she picked up the BBC Scotland Young Sports Personality of the year for her early achievements on the ice.

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Eve is a four-time world junior champion
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Eve is a four-time world junior championCredit: Michael Schofield - The Sun Glasgow
The Scot has also been a competitive bagpiper
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The Scot has also been a competitive bagpiperCredit: PA:Press Association

A famously gritty and fierce competitor, the Scot has won an an unprecedented four gold medals at junior World Championships, with her last coming seven years ago in 2011.

That saw her fast-tracked into the Team GB system and she has skipped in the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics.

They crashed out in the round-robin in Vancouver, but in Sochi fought their way to a bronze medal.

She led the Team GB team to bronze in Sochi
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She led the Team GB team to bronze in SochiCredit: PA:Press Association

As well as her Olympic achievements, Muirhead is a world champion after she defeated Sweden in 2013, which made Eve the youngest skip to ever win the World Women's Curling Championship.

An accomplished bag-piper, Muirhead formerly played off a  scratch handicap on the golf course - but has slipped back to a still excellent 3.

She turned down two scholarships from US universities to become a pro golfer, instead opting to concentrate on curling.

Muirhead is also a talented golfer
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Muirhead is also a talented golferCredit: Getty Images - Getty

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When did she become curling skipper?

Eve was appointed skip in 2010 - whilst she was still participating in junior competitions.

After losing out in the Vancouver Olympics, she returned to the junior World championships in Scotland - and thrashed Canada 10-3 in the final to pick up a fourth title.

Does she have a boyfriend?

The TEAM GB skip likes to keep her private life out of the news and any boyfriend remains a mystery.

After her bronze medal win in 2014 she was on the lookout for love, telling fans: "I am still single and I guess, now the busy time is over, I am going to take time off and enjoy myself."

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