{{Short description|Scottish curler (born 1974)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}} {{Infobox curler | image = | birth_name = Thomas Brewster Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|4|10}} | birth_place = [[St Andrews]], [[Scotland]] | Curling club = [[Curl Aberdeen]], <br /> [[Aberdeen]], [[Scotland]] | Skip = '''Tom Brewster''' | Third = [[Frazer Hare]] | Second = [[Robbie Stevenson]] | Lead = [[Don Frame]] | Alternate = | Olympic appearances = 1 (2014) | World Championship appearances = 5 (2002, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016) | European Championship appearances = 4 (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | [[Curling]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2014 Sochi]] | }} {{MedalCountry | {{SCO}}}} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Curling Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship|2011 Regina]] | }} {{MedalSilver | [[2012 World Men's Curling Championship|2012 Basel]] | }} {{MedalBronze | [[2002 Ford World Men's Curling Championship|2002 Bismarck]] | }} {{MedalBronze | [[2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship|2013 Victoria]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[European Curling Championships|European Championships]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2013 European Curling Championships|2013 Stavanger]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[European Mixed Curling Championship|European Mixed Championships]]}} {{MedalGold | [[2006 European Mixed Curling Championship|2006 Claut]] |}} {{MedalGold | [[2009 European Mixed Curling Championship|2009 Prague]] |}} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Junior Curling Championships|World Junior Championships]]}} {{MedalGold | [[1995 World Junior Curling Championships|1995 Perth]] |}} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Senior Curling Championships|World Senior Championships]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[2025 World Senior Curling Championships|2025 Fredericton]] | }} {{MedalSilver | [[2026 World Senior Curling Championships|2026 Geneva]] | }} }}
'''Thomas Brewster Jr.''' (born 10 April 1974) is a Scottish [[curling|curler]] from [[Aberdeen]], [[Scotland]]. He won a silver medal at [[2014 Winter Olympics]].
==Career== Brewster is a former [[World Junior Curling Championships|World Junior]] champion, having won the [[1995 World Junior Curling Championships|title in 1995]]. The Scottish team which consisted of [[Paul Westwood (curler)|Paul Westwood]], [[Ronald Brewster]], [[Steve Still]] and [[David Murdoch]] finished 8–1 after the round robin, and defeated Sweden's [[Henrik Edlund]] and then Germany's [[Daniel Herberg]] to win the championship.
[[File:Play in Curl Aberdeen - geograph.org.uk - 1259193.jpg|thumb|left|Brewster (far left) at the 2009 Scottish Mixed Curling Championship.]] Brewster has skipped Scotland to two [[European Curling Championship|European Mixed]] titles, in 2006 and in 2009.
Brewster has been a frequent participant in [[World Curling Tour]] events, perhaps more so than the more successful Scottish teams. He has won a total of six WCT events, all European events. He has played in 12 [[Grand Slam (curling)|Grand Slam]] events, advancing to the quarterfinals on five occasions (but never further).
In 2002, Brewster was invited to play in his first [[World Curling Championship|World championship]]. He was an alternate for the [[Warwick Smith (curler)|Warwick Smith]] team which won the bronze medal. Brewster won his first [[Bruadar Scottish Men's Championship|Scottish men's title]] in 2011, and represented Scotland at the [[2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship]], finishing second in the round robin and winning the silver by losing the final against [[Canada]]'s [[Jeff Stoughton]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/12950543|title=Scotland lose out to Canada in curling final|date=11 April 2011|access-date=9 April 2012|publisher=BBC|work=BBC Sport}}</ref> In [[2012 World Men's Curling Championship|2012]] he again won silver, this time losing in the final against [[Canada|Canadian]] skip [[Glenn Howard]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/17644775|title=Curling: Canada beat Scotland in men's world final|date=8 April 2012|access-date=9 April 2012|publisher=BBC|work=BBC Sport}}</ref>
===2014 Olympic team=== Former World Champion [[David Murdoch]] was added to the Brewster rink in 2012 to boost the team's chances at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]]. The team did not find immediate success in their first major tournament, finishing 7th at the [[2012 European Curling Championships]]. After then, Brewster was bumped to third on the team, with Murdoch skipping. This turned out to be a successful lineup change, as the team won a bronze medal at the [[2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship]]. The team then went on to take bronze at the 2013 European Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hamiltonmanagement.co.uk/david-murdoch-scots-curlers-secure-bronze-european-championships/|title=David Murdoch and Scots curlers secure Bronze at European Championships|publisher=Hamilton Management|date=1 December 2013|accessdate=6 February 2014|archive-date=19 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119182716/http://www.hamiltonmanagement.co.uk/david-murdoch-scots-curlers-secure-bronze-european-championships/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Brewster made his [[Team GB]] Winter Olympic debut at the Sochi [[2014 Winter Olympics]]. Brewster would not see any action at the games, as he would be the team's alternate for the event. However, he and teammates [[David Murdoch]], [[Michael Goodfellow (curler)|Michael Goodfellow]], [[Scott Andrews (curler)|Scott Andrews]] and [[Greg Drummond]] wound up winning the silver medal, after losing to Canada's [[Brad Jacobs (curler)|Brad Jacobs]] rink in the gold medal game. The team disbanded in 2014.
Following the 2014 Olympics, Brewster focused on fitness training, in order to overcome limitations due to a broken leg he suffered when he was younger. In a 2016 interview with ''[[The Times]]'' he said that this training had allowed him to significantly improve his technique.<ref name=times>{{cite news |last=Campbell |first=Alan |date=1 April 2016 |title=Brewster aims to show his nemesis Gran that his part timers can be best in world |newspaper=[[The Times]] |location=[[London]] }}</ref> Subsequently, he formed part of a new rink with [[Hammy McMillan Jr.]], [[Ross Paterson]], and [[Glen Muirhead]].<ref name=times /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13177418.Tom_Brewster_puts_Olympic_hopes_on_ice_as_new_campaign_warms_up/ |title=Tom Brewster puts Olympic hopes on ice as new campaign warms up |last=Ferrie |first=Kevin |date=30 August 2014 |website=[[HeraldScotland.com]] |access-date=19 November 2016}}</ref> In 2016 Brewster guided his rink to victories over Team Murdoch in both the Scottish championships in February<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalcaledoniancurlingclub.org/team-brewster-are-go-coco-scottish-curling-champions/ |title=Team Brewster are Go Coco Scottish Curling Champions |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=20 February 2016 |website=[[Royal Caledonian Curling Club]] |access-date=19 November 2016}}</ref> and the European Playdowns in October.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/37675668 |title=European Curling: Tom Brewster & Eve Muirhead lead Scotland rinks |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=17 October 2016 |website=[[bbc.co.uk]] |access-date=19 November 2016}}</ref> Team Brewster also competed for Scotland at the [[2016 World Men's Curling Championship]], although they missed out on a medal: subsequently the team were passed over for selection for the [[2018 Winter Olympics]] in favour of [[Kyle Smith (curler)|Kyle Smith]]'s rink.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/40369863 |title=Eve Muirhead will be joined by brothers Tom and Glen at the 2018 Winter Olympics |last=MacBeath |first=Amy |date=22 June 2017 |website=[[bbc.co.uk]] |access-date=25 June 2017}}</ref>
==Personal life== Tom is now the Ice rink manager at [[Curl Aberdeen]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.curl-aberdeen.co.uk/index.htm |title=Curl Aberdeen - Tel: 01224 810369 |accessdate=2011-01-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926150547/http://www.curl-aberdeen.co.uk/index.htm |archivedate=26 September 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He is married to [[Kim Brewster]], and has one son and one daughter.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Sports links}} * {{Team GB|tom-brewster|archive=20150416053624}}
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