{{short description|Scottish curler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox curler | name = Vicky Wright<br />{{nobold|{{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}}}} | image = | caption = | other_names = Victoria Drummond | birth_name = Victoria Wright | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|8|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Dumfries, Scotland | Curling club = Leswalt CC, Leswalt, Scotland | Skip = | Third = | Second = | Lead = | Alternate = | Mixed doubles partner = | Member Association = {{SCO}} <br> {{GBR2}} | World Championship appearances = 2 ({{WWCC|2018}}, {{WWCC|2021}}) | European Championship appearances = 3 ({{EuCC|2018}}, {{EuCC|2019}}, {{EuCC|2021}}) | Olympic appearances = 1 (2022) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport| Women's Curling }} {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalGold | 2022 Beijing | }} {{MedalCountry| {{SCO}} }} {{MedalCompetition| {{EuCC}} }} {{MedalGold| {{EuCC|2021|2021 Lillehammer}} | }} {{MedalSilver| {{EuCC|2019|2019 Helsingborg}} | }} {{MedalCompetition|Scottish Women's Curling Championship }} {{MedalGold| 2018 Perth | }} {{MedalGold| 2020 Perth | }} {{MedalSilver| 2016 Perth | }} {{MedalSilver| 2017 Perth | }} {{MedalSilver| 2019 Perth | }} {{MedalBronze| 2014 Perth | }} {{MedalCompetition| World Junior Curling Championships }} {{MedalSilver| 2013 Sochi | }} }}
'''Victoria Drummond'''<ref name="marriage">{{Cite web |url=https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/people/forth-valley-nurse-vicky-drummond-receives-mbe-to-go-with-curling-gold-medal-3992082 |title=Forth Valley nurse Vicky Drummond receives MBE to go with curling gold medal |website=The Falkirk Herald |date=18 January 2023 |access-date=7 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://world-curling-federation.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/pdf-documents/competition-CUR_1920_ECCA/2019-11-15-201103906Women's%20Entry%20List%20by%20Country.pdf |format=PDF |title=Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships 2019 |website=World-curling-federation.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com |access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref> {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} (born 15 August 1993), better known as '''Vicky Wright''', is a Scottish former curler from Stranraer,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.itv.com/news/border/2022-02-17/dumfries-and-galloway-curlers-take-team-gb-through-to-olympic-gold-medal-game |title=Dumfries and Galloway curlers take Team GB through to Olympic gold medal game |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=17 February 2022 |website=ITV |publisher=ITV News Border |access-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220217162751/https://www.itv.com/news/border/2022-02-17/dumfries-and-galloway-curlers-take-team-gb-through-to-olympic-gold-medal-game |archive-date=17 February 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> and 2022 Olympic Champion in women's curling,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2021/04/2021-LGT-World-Womens-Curling-Championship-media-guide1.pdf |title=2021 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide |website=Curling Canada |access-date=30 April 2021 |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501045241/https://www.curling.ca/files/2021/04/2021-LGT-World-Womens-Curling-Championship-media-guide1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> playing third on Team Muirhead.
==Career== Before playing for Muirhead, Wright curled for Hannah Fleming. She was the alternate for Scotland at the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships, where the team won a silver medal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/479 |title=2013 World Junior Curling Championship |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=2 September 2019}}</ref> She won the 2018 Scottish Women's Curling Championship as lead for Fleming to qualify for her first World Championship.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scottishcurling.org/scottish-curling-championships-2018-womens-final-match-report/ |title=2018 Scottish Women's Curling Championship Final Match Report |website=Scottish Curling |access-date=2 September 2019}}</ref> At the 2018 World Women's Curling Championship, the team struggled, finishing the round robin with a 5–7 record.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/584 |title=2018 World Women's Curling Championship |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=2 September 2019}}</ref>
For the 2018–19 season, Wright joined team Muirhead as the alternate. She played for the team at the first leg of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup as Muirhead had a hip injury.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/perthshire-curler-eve-muirhead-undergo-12314150 |title=Perthshire Curler Eve Muirhead to undergo surgery |website=Daily Record |date=6 April 2018 |access-date=2 September 2019}}</ref> They finished in sixth with a 2–4 record.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.curlingworldcup.com/events/first-leg-suzhou-china?p=teams |title=2018–19 Curling World Cup – First Leg Teams |website=Curling World Cup |access-date=2 September 2019 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909221907/https://www.curlingworldcup.com/events/first-leg-suzhou-china?p=teams |url-status=dead}}</ref> She played in her first European Curling Championships at the 2018 European Curling Championships. The team had a disappointing performance, finishing with a 4–5 record and missing the playoffs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/629 |title=2018 European Curling Championship |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=2 September 2019}}</ref> At the 2019 Scottish Women's Curling Championships, the team qualified for the final but lost to Sophie Jackson 11–7.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=5776&eventtypeid=82&view=Main#1 |title=2019 Scottish Women's Curling Championship |website=CurlingZone |access-date=2 September 2019}}</ref> Wright also played in the International Mixed Doubles Dumfries that season with Craig Waddell where they lost in the quarterfinals.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=5384&teamid=133386&profileid= |title=Wright/Waddell 2019 International Mixed Doubles Dumfries |website=CurlingZone |access-date=2 September 2019}}</ref> To finish off the season, Team Muirhead won the 2019 WCT Arctic Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://arcticcurling.com/en/news/v-dudinke-zavershilsya-traditsionnyy-turnir-wct-arctic-curling-cup/ |title=WCT Arctic Curling Cup finished in Dudinka, Russia |website=Arctic Cup |access-date=2 September 2019}}</ref>
The following season, Wright replaced Vicki Chalmers on the team due to Chalmers stepping away from competitive curling. The team won their first event of the 2019–20 season, the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=5846#1 |title=2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic |website=CurlingZone |access-date=26 July 2020}}</ref> At the 2019 European Curling Championships, the Muirhead rink reached the final where they lost to Sweden's Anna Hasselborg, claiming the silver medal.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://worldcurling.org/2019/11/ecc2019-women-gold/ |title=Sweden women defend European title on last stone thriller |work=World Curling Federation |author=Cheyenne Boone |date=23 November 2019 |access-date=11 November 2020 |archive-date=25 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191125080428/http://worldcurling.org/2019/11/ecc2019-women-gold/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In early January, they won the Mercure Perth Masters.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.perthmasters.com/finals-2020/ |title=2020 Perth Masters Finals |website=Perth Masters |access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref> Team Muirhead claimed the 2020 Scottish Women's Curling Championship by defeating Maggie Wilson 8–3 in the championship game.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.scottishcurling.org/team-muirhead-scottish-curling-womens-champions-2020/ |title=Team Muirhead – Scottish Curling Women's Champions 2020 |website=Scottish Curling |date=15 February 2020 |access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref> The team was set to represent Scotland at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship before the event got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.tsn.ca/cp-newsalert-world-women-s-curling-championship-cancelled-1.1456723 |title=World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled |website=The Sports Network |author=The Canadian Press |date=12 March 2020 |access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://worldcurling.org/2020/03/wwcc2020-cancelled/ |title=World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada |date=12 March 2020 |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=11 November 2020 |archive-date=14 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314163901/https://worldcurling.org/2020/03/wwcc2020-cancelled/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In Grand Slam play, they played in three events and qualified in one of them, the 2019 National where they lost in the quarterfinals to Jennifer Jones.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1657672771593 |title='''Video:''' – 2019 National Women's Quarterfinals – Eve Muirhead vs Jennifer Jones |website=CBC |access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref>
Due to the ongoing pandemic, a limited number of tour events were held during the 2020–21 season. Team Muirhead did play in a series of domestic events put on by the British Curling Association, where they won the January Challenge event and finished runner-up to Team Gina Aitken in the Elite Finals.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=6822#1 |title=British Curling NCA January Challenge – Women's |website=CurlingZone |access-date=9 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=6839#1 |title=British Curling NCA Women's Elite Finals |website=CurlingZone |access-date=9 May 2021}}</ref> Wright and her mixed doubles partner Grant Hardie lost in the final of the December event to Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat. A "curling bubble" was set up in Calgary, Canada in the spring, which hosted several events, including the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship and two slams.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.curling.ca/blog/2021/03/05/womens-worlds-added-to-bubble/ |title=Women's Worlds added to bubble |publisher=Curling Canada |date=5 March 2021 |access-date=9 May 2021}}</ref> Team Muirhead competed in both the 2021 Champions Cup and the 2021 Players' Championship, failing to qualify at both events. The next week, the team represented Scotland at the World's, finishing with a disappointing 6–7, in eighth place.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/other-sports/news/world-womens-curling-championship-2021-results-standings-schedule-tv-channel/u71y40j4c3avz93qns1vkuc3 |title=World Women's Curling Championship 2021: Results, standings, schedule and TV channel |publisher=Sporting News |author=Jackie Spiegel |date=9 May 2021 |access-date=9 May 2021}}</ref>
Because of Scotland's disappointing finish at the 2021 World Championship, the country was relegated to compete in the 2021 Olympic Qualification Event to earn their spot in the 2022 Winter Olympics. To maximize its chances of securing Olympic qualification, British Curling implemented a squad system for nine of its top-level female curlers, five of which would make the team for the 2021 European Curling Championships and the Olympic Qualification Event.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.britishcurling.org.uk/news/british-curling-athletes-for-season-2021-22/ |title=British Curling Athletes For Season 2021-22 |publisher=British Curling |date=12 July 2021 |access-date=21 March 2023}}</ref> The nine players alternated teams and lineups throughout the five tryout events they competed in: the 2021 Euro Super Series, the 2021 Saint Petersburg Classic, the 2021 The Challenger, the 2021 Women's Masters Basel and the 2021 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic. Wright had successful results at each of the five events, winning The Challenger and finishing runner-up at the Saint Petersburg Classic. She also made the semifinal of the Euro Super Series. On 25 October 2021, British Curling officially announced its team for the European Championship: skip Eve Muirhead, Wright at third, second Jennifer Dodds, lead Hailey Duff and alternate Mili Smith. It was the same lineup that claimed the title at The Challenger.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.britishcurling.org.uk/news/world-champs-dodds-and-muirhead-included-in-scotland-team-for-euros/ |title=World champs Dodds and Muirhead included in Scotland team for Euros |publisher=British Curling |date=25 October 2021 |access-date=21 March 2023}}</ref> Prior to the Europeans, the new look Team Muirhead competed in the WCT Tallinn Ladies Challenger where they went undefeated to claim the title.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=6562#1 |title=2021 Tallinn Ladies International Challenger |website=CurlingZone |access-date=21 March 2023}}</ref>
At the European Championship, the team was the class of the field, finishing 8–1 through the round robin and qualifying for the playoffs as the number one seed. In the semifinal, they defeated Germany's Daniela Jentsch 7–4 and then went on to win the gold medal by defeating Sweden's Anna Hasselborg by the same score. It was Scotland's first European women's title since 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.britishcurling.org.uk/news/glorious-week-ends-in-golden-glow-for-scottish-women-at-euros/ |title=Week ends in golden glow for Scottish women at Euros |publisher=British Curling |date=27 November 2021 |access-date=21 March 2023}}</ref> Their win at the European Championship secured their spot as the British team for the Olympic Qualification Event.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.britishcurling.org.uk/news/title-win-sets-golden-girls-up-for-olympic-qualifier/ |title=Title win sets golden girls up for Olympic Qualifier |publisher=British Curling |date=29 November 2021 |access-date=21 March 2023}}</ref> There, the team posted a 6–2 record through the round robin, finishing tied for first with South Korea's Kim Eun-jung and Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa. The tie for the first Olympic spot was broken by draw shot challenge totals, which Great Britain had the best of between the three rinks. This earned the team direct qualification into the Olympic Games without having to play in the qualification games.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://worldcurling.org/2021/12/oqe2021-w-s9/ |title=Scotland women qualify for Beijing 2022, while Japan, Korea and Latvia secure play-off spots at the OQE |publisher=World Curling Federation |date=16 December 2021 |access-date=21 March 2023 |archive-date=16 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216172308/https://worldcurling.org/2021/12/oqe2021-w-s9/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 23 December 2021, Muirhead, Wright, Dodds, Duff, and Smith were officially named to the British Olympic team.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.britishcurling.org.uk/news/team-gb-selects-women-s-curling-team-for-beijing-2022/ |title=Team GB selects women's curling team for Beijing 2022 |publisher=British Curling |date=23 December 2021 |access-date=21 March 2023}}</ref>
At the Games, the British team had mixed results through the round robin. Always remaining in the middle of the pact, the team won their last round robin game over the ROC to finish with a 5–4 record, tied for third with Japan's Fujisawa and Canada's Jennifer Jones. Once again, due to draw shot challenge tiebreaking totals, the team qualified for the playoffs, this time as the third seed.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://worldcurling.org/2022/02/beijing-w-s12/ |title=Great Britain and Japan women complete play-off picture |publisher=World Curling Federation |date=17 February 2022 |access-date=21 March 2023 |archive-date=21 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321030136/https://worldcurling.org/2022/02/beijing-w-s12/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the semifinal, they faced Sweden's Hasselborg in a rematch of the 2021 European final. Things did not get off to a good start for the team, giving up four points in the first end. They managed to battle their way back, however, stealing a single in the fifth end to tie the score at five-all. After taking four in the ninth end for a commanding 11–8 lead, Sweden scored three in the tenth end to tie the game and force an extra end. There, Muirhead secured the single point for a 12–11 victory and a spot for the team in the gold medal game.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://worldcurling.org/2022/02/beijing-w-sf/ |title=Japan and Great Britain advance to the women's Olympic final |publisher=World Curling Federation |date=18 February 2022 |access-date=21 March 2023 |archive-date=18 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618041638/https://worldcurling.org/2022/02/beijing-w-sf/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the final, the British team was dominant against Fujisawa's Japanese team, never trailing en route to a 10–3 victory and the Olympic gold medal.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://worldcurling.org/2022/02/beijing-w-gold/ |title=Great Britain women capture Olympic gold in Beijing |publisher=World Curling Federation |date=20 February 2022 |access-date=21 March 2023 |archive-date=21 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321030134/https://worldcurling.org/2022/02/beijing-w-gold/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The "golden girls" ended their incredible season with a quarterfinal finish at the 2022 Players' Championship.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/team-einarson-fends-off-team-fujisawa-to-advance-to-players-championship-semifinals/ |title=Einarson fends off Fujisawa to advance to Players' Championship semifinals |publisher=Grand Slam of Curling |author=Jonathan Brazeau |date=16 April 2022 |access-date=21 March 2023}}</ref>
On 17 May 2022, Wright announced her retirement from the sport.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.si.com/curling/news/another-young-curling-champion-retires |title=Another Young Curling Champion Retires |publisher=Sports Illustrated |author=George Walker |date=17 May 2022 |access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref> Four years later, Wright joined the BBC's coverage of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, commentating and analysing the curling events alongside Steve Cram, Jackie Lockhart and Logan Gray.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Winter Olympics 2026 on the BBC - How to watch and follow all the action from Milan-Cortina |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/winter-olympics-2026/ |access-date=2026-02-21 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
Wright was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to curling.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63714|supp=y|page=B26|date=1 June 2022}}</ref>
==Personal life== Wright studied nursing at Glasgow Caledonian University, and works as a nurse<ref name="Media Guide">{{cite web |url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2020/03/2020-World-Womens-Curling-Championship-media-guide.pdf |title=2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=Curling Canada |access-date=2020-03-09 |archive-date=15 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315003033/https://www.curling.ca/files/2020/03/2020-World-Womens-Curling-Championship-media-guide.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcurling.com/news/23-mar-2020-scottish-champ-vicky-wright-rejoins-nhs-front-line.asp |title=Scottish Champ Vicky Wright Rejoins NHS Front Line |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=23 March 2020 |publisher=British Curling |access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/article/great-britain-curler-vicky-wright-joins-the-coronavirus-fight-f3bdc0lpd |title=Great Britain curler Vicky Wright joins the coronavirus fight |newspaper=The Times |first=John |last=Westerby |date=24 March 2020 |access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref> She is married to fellow curler Greg Drummond.<ref name="marriage"/> In her youth she was also a swimmer. She currently lives in Stirling.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-profile-n1044165-vicky-wright.htm |title=Vicky WRIGHT |website=2022 Winter Olympics |accessdate=19 February 2022 |archive-date=19 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219140051/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-profile-n1044165-vicky-wright.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Teams== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"| Season ! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Alternate |- ! scope="row"| 2011–12<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=24540&view=Teams#1 |title=Vicky Wright Past Teams |website=CurlingZone |access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref> | Jennifer Dodds || Rebecca Kesley || Mhairi Baird || Vicky Wright || |- ! scope="row"| 2012–13 | Jennifer Martin|| Hazel Smith || Vicky Wright || Mhairi Baird || |- ! scope="row"| 2013–14 | Jennifer Martin || Hazel Smith || Vicky Wright || Mhairi Baird || |- ! scope="row"| 2014–15 | Lauren Gray || Jennifer Dodds || Vicky Wright || Mhairi Baird || |- ! scope="row"| 2015–16 | Lauren Gray || Jennifer Dodds || Vicky Wright || Mhairi Baird || |- ! scope="row"| 2016–17 | Hannah Fleming || Jennifer Dodds || Alice Spence || Vicky Wright || |- ! scope="row"| 2017–18 | Hannah Fleming || Jennifer Dodds || Alice Spence || Vicky Wright || Sophie Jackson |- ! scope="row"| 2018–19 | Eve Muirhead || Jennifer Dodds || Vicki Chalmers || Lauren Gray || Vicky Wright |- ! scope="row"| 2019–20 | Eve Muirhead || Lauren Gray || Jennifer Dodds || Vicky Wright || |- ! scope="row"| 2020–21 | Eve Muirhead || Vicky Wright || Jennifer Dodds || Lauren Gray || Sophie Sinclair |- ! scope="row"| 2021–22 | Eve Muirhead || Vicky Wright || Jennifer Dodds || Hailey Duff || Mili Smith |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Curling|name=Victoria Wright}} * {{Olympics.com profile|name=Vicky Wright}} * {{Olympedia|name=Vicky Wright}} * {{Team GB|name=Vicky Wright}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20220227065424/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-profile-n1044165-vicky-wright.htm Vicky Wright] at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived) * {{Instagram|vickywright413|Vicky Drummond}}
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