{{Short description|Swedish curler (born 2005)}} {{Infobox curler | name = Moa Dryburgh | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2005|5|29}} | birth_place = [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]] | Curling club = Sundbybergs CK, <br> [[Sundbyberg Municipality|Sundbyberg, SWE]]<ref name="Dryburgh">{{Cite news|url=https://worldcurling.org/2023/03/moa-dryburgh/|title=Dryburgh on final heartbreak, curling parents and Hasselborg inspiration|publisher=World Curling Federation|date=March 1, 2023|access-date=August 21, 2024}}</ref> | Skip = [[Isabella Wranå]] | Third = [[Almida de Val]] | Second = [[Maria Larsson (curler)|Maria Larsson]] | Lead = '''Moa Dryburgh''' | Alternate = [[Linda Stenlund]] | Member Association = {{SWE}} | World Championship appearances = 1 ({{WWCC|2026}}) | World Junior Championship appearances = 5 ({{WJCC|2022}}, {{WJCC|2023}}, {{WJCC|2024}}, {{WJCC|2025}}, {{WJCC|2026}}) | World Junior Mixed Doubles Championship appearances = 2 ({{WJMDCC|2025}}, {{WJMDCC|2026}}) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[curling]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{SWE}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[World Curling Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2026 World Women's Curling Championship|2026 Calgary]]|}} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Junior Curling Championships|World Junior Championships]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[2022 World Junior Curling Championships|2022 Jönköping]] | }} {{MedalSilver | [[2026 World Junior Curling Championships|2026 Tårnby]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Swedish Women's Curling Championship|Swedish Women's Championship]] }} {{MedalBronze | 2023 Karlstad | }} }}
'''Moa McGregor Dryburgh'''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.instagram.com/moa_dryburgh/|title=Moa Dryburgh Profile|publisher=@moa_dryburgh|website=Instagram|access-date=August 21, 2024}}[[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]</ref> (born May 29, 2005, in [[Stockholm]]) is a Swedish [[Curling|curler]] from [[Sundbyberg Municipality|Sundbyberg]].<ref name="Dryburgh"/> She currently plays [[Lead (curling)|lead]] on Team [[Isabella Wranå]]. In 2022, she [[Skip (curling)|skipped]] her team to a silver medal at the [[2022 World Junior Curling Championships]] at 16 years old, becoming one of the youngest skips to reach the podium at the World Junior Championships. She also earned a silver medal in {{WJCC|2026}}.
==Career== ===Juniors=== During the [[2021–22 curling season|2021–22 season]], Dryburgh led her team to victory at the [[Swedish Junior Curling Championships]], going undefeated to claim the title.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CaxQaOIsGPZ/?img_index=1|title=Undefeated during the event in Gävle and now onwards to our 'home' World Juniors in May.|publisher=@teamdryburgh|website=Instagram|date=March 6, 2022|access-date=August 21, 2024}}[[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]</ref> This qualified her and teammates [[Thea Orefjord]], [[Moa Tjärnlund]] and [[Moa Nilsson]] for the [[2022 World Junior Curling Championships]] in [[Jönköping]]. As the home team, the rink had mixed results, sitting at 3–4 with two round robin games to go. They then, however, defeated both Scotland and South Korea to finish at 5–4, just enough to earn the fourth playoff spot over Switzerland and Latvia who shared the same record.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://worldcurling.org/2022/05/wjcc-day-6/|title=Play-off field complete at World Juniors|publisher=World Curling Federation|date=May 20, 2022|access-date=August 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521130735/https://worldcurling.org/2022/05/wjcc-day-6/|archive-date=May 21, 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the knockout round, the team upset the number one seeds Norway in the semifinals, advancing to the final in their first international competition. There, they lost 7–4 to Japan, settling for the silver medal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://worldcurling.org/2022/05/wjcc-w-medals/|title=Japan win World Junior women's title|publisher=World Curling Federation|date=May 22, 2022|access-date=August 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527104203/https://worldcurling.org/2022/05/wjcc-w-medals/|archive-date=May 27, 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref> Despite the loss, Dryburgh became one of the youngest skips to reach the podium at the World Junior Championships.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/post.php?postid=5829|title=Japan secure gold at World Juniors|publisher=CurlingZone|access-date=August 21, 2024}}</ref>
The Dryburgh rink would go on to defend their title at the Swedish Junior Championships, qualifying for the [[2023 World Junior Curling Championships]], this year in [[Füssen]], [[Germany]]. At Worlds, the team had similar results as the previous year, going 5–4 in the round robin. This was, however, not enough to qualify for the playoffs as they finished in fifth place.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://worldcurling.org/2023/03/daysix-wjcc/|title=Live Blog: Day six at the WJCC|publisher=World Curling Federation|date=March 2, 2023|access-date=August 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307190838/https://worldcurling.org/2023/03/daysix-wjcc/|archive-date=March 7, 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dryburgh and her team again defended her Swedish Junior Women's title and returned to the World Juniors at the [[2024 World Junior Curling Championships]]. There, the team started with three straight losses before finishing the round robin by winning five of their last six games.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://worldcurling.org/2024/02/wjcc2024-day5/|title=Women's play-off field complete at World Juniors|publisher=World Curling Federation|date=February 21, 2024|access-date=August 21, 2024}}</ref> This put them in a three-way tie for third, however, due to head-to-head losses to both Norway and Canada, they were again eliminated in fifth place.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://worldcurling.org/2024/02/wjcc2024-day6/|title=Semi-finals set at World Juniors|publisher=World Curling Federation|date=February 22, 2024|access-date=August 21, 2024}}</ref>
Dryburgh and her team represented Sweden at the [[Curling at the 2025 Winter World University Games#Women|2025 Winter World University Games]]. The team would finish in 6th place, finishing the round robin with a 4–5 record. The Dryburgh rink would win their 4th consecutive Swedish Junior women's title and represent Sweden again at the [[2025 World Junior Curling Championships]]. At the 2025 World Juniors, the team finally returned to the playoffs, but would go on to finish in fourth place, losing to Canada's [[Allyson MacNutt]] 7–4 in the bronze medal game. In her final year of Junior eligibility, Dryburgh and her team would win their 5th consecutive Swedish Junior title, and again represent Sweden at the [[2026 World Junior Curling Championships]]. At her final World Juniors, Dryburgh would finish the round robin in second place with a 7–2 record, qualifying again for the playoffs. They would defeat China in the semifinals before losing the final to Korea's [[Kang Bo-bae]] 14–7, earning her second World Junior Silver medal.
===Women's=== Team Dryburgh began competing on the Women's [[World Curling Tour]] during the [[2022-23 curling season]]. In January 2023, the team advanced to the semifinals of the [[2023 Mercure Perth Masters]] before losing to [[Daniela Jentsch]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=7136&teamid=166785&profileid=31184#1|title=2023 Mercure Perth Masters|website=CurlingZone|access-date=August 21, 2024}}</ref> Also during the season, they earned a bronze medal at the [[Swedish Women's Curling Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=7775&view=Playoffs#1|title=2023 Swedish Women's Curling Championship|website=CurlingZone|access-date=August 21, 2024}}</ref> To begin the [[2023–24 curling season|2023–24 season]], Team Dryburgh reached the quarterfinals of the [[2023 Oslo Cup]]. They also made the playoffs in their next three events, finishing as high as third place at the Sundbyberg Open.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/team.php?teamid=171272&profileid=32530|title=Team Moa Dryburgh: 2023–24|website=CurlingZone|access-date=August 21, 2024}}</ref> In the new year, the team won their third straight Swedish Junior title, once again finishing undefeated through the event.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C1zgEYVtap2/|title=Sweeeet x3!!!!|publisher=@teamdryburgh|website=Instagram|date=January 7, 2024|access-date=August 21, 2024}}[[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]</ref> Dryburgh's rink also played in the [[2024 International Bernese Ladies Cup]] where they made the quarterfinals.
Dryburgh was selected to represent Sweden as the alternate on [[Isabella Wranå]]'s team at the [[2026 World Women's Curling Championship]], where Sweden would win the bronze medal, beating Japan's [[Satsuki Fujisawa]] 8–5 in the bronze medal game. At the end of the [[2025–26 curling season]], Team Wranå would announce that Dryburgh would be joining the team next season as their new lead, alongside Wranå, [[Almida de Val]], [[Maria Larsson (curler)|Maria Larsson]], and [[Linda Stenlund]].
===Mixed doubles=== Drybrugh would represent Sweden alongside teammate [[Vilmer Nygren]] at the inaugural [[2025 World Junior Mixed Doubles Curling Championship]]. There, they would finish round robin as the 7th ranked team, qualifying for the playoffs. After beating Scotland in the quarterfinals, they would lose to Denmark 9–8 in the semifinals and Korea 6–5 in the bronze medal game, settling for 4th place. Dryburgh and Nygren would return to represent Sweden again at the [[2026 World Junior Mixed Doubles Curling Championship]], however this time after the round robin they would just barely miss the playoffs, finishing 3rd in their pool with a 4–2 record and overall in 9th place.
==Personal life== Dryburgh comes from a curling family. Her parents [[Margaretha Lindahl|Margaretha]] and [[James Dryburgh]] met while competing at the [[1998 Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://memim.com/james-dryburgh.html|title=James Dryburgh Bio|publisher=Memim Encyclopedia|access-date=August 21, 2024}}</ref> Her mother went on to win a bronze medal from the event and also won two World Women's Championships and one European title. Her father also won a European title along with two World Junior Championships.<ref name="Dryburgh"/> Dryburgh attended the [[Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wugtorino2025.microplustimingservices.com/#/athlete-details/F050529SWE7826A56|title=Moa DRYBURGH}}</ref> She is employed as a grocery store employee and substitute teacher.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026-BKT-World-Womens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-WEB2.pdf|title=2026 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=March 23, 2026}}</ref>
==Teams== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"| Season ! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Alternate |- ! scope="row"| 2021–22<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=45382&view=Teams#1|title=Moa Dryburgh Past Teams|website=CurlingZone|access-date=August 21, 2024}}</ref> | Moa Dryburgh || [[Thea Orefjord]] || [[Moa Tjärnlund]] || [[Moa Nilsson]] || [[Linda Stenlund]] |- ! scope="row"| 2022–23 | Moa Dryburgh || Thea Orefjord || Moa Tjärnlund || Moa Nilsson || [[Erika Ryberg]] |- ! scope="row"| 2023–24 | Moa Dryburgh || Thea Orefjord || Moa Tjärnlund || Moa Nilsson || |- ! scope="row"| 2024–25 | Moa Dryburgh || Thea Orefjord || Moa Tjärnlund || Moa Nilsson || [[Maja Roxin]] |- ! scope="row"| 2025–26 | Moa Dryburgh || Moa Tjärnlund || Thea Orefjord || Maja Roxin || Erika Ryberg |- ! scope="row"| 2026–27 | [[Isabella Wranå]] || [[Almida de Val]] || [[Maria Larsson (curler)|Maria Larsson]] || Moa Dryburgh || Linda Stenlund |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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