| Ewan MacDonald | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1975-11-17)17 November 1975 (age 49) Inverness, Scotland |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Citadel CC, Inverness, SCO[1] |
| Skip | Ewan MacDonald |
| Third | Duncan Fernie |
| Second | David Reid |
| Lead | Euan Byers |
Curling career | |
| World Championship appearances | 10 (1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015) |
| European Championship appearances | 6 (1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009) |
| Olympic appearances | 3 (2002, 2006, 2010) |
Ewan MacDonald (born 17 November 1975 inInverness, Scotland) is aScottishcurler. Representing Scotland, he is a three-timeWorld Champion, playing second forHammy McMillan in 1999 and playing third forDavid Murdoch in 2006 and 2009. He has also representedGreat Britain at threeWinter Olympics, inSalt Lake City 2002,Torino 2006 andVancouver 2010. He was previously married to fellow curler and the 2002 Olympic Gold medallist,Fiona MacDonald. In 2023, he was inducted into the World Curling Federation Hall of Fame.
At his World Championship debut in 1999, MacDonald played second forHammy McMillan. Their Scottish team would go all the way and win the gold medal defeating Canada in the final, skipped byJeff Stoughton. Later that year they won theEuropean Curling Championships defeating Denmark in the final skipped byUlrik Schmidt.
In 2001 the team was back at the European Championships, but they finished in fifth place. In 2002 they represented Great Britain at the2002 Winter Olympics and finished in seventh place. That year Ewan switched teams to play second forWarwick Smith. They went to the2002 Ford World Curling Championships and won a bronze medal. The team returned to the2003 Ford World Curling Championships and finished in seventh place. At the2004 Ford World Curling Championships, MacDonald skipped Scotland to a fifth-place finish.
At the2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, MacDonald was an alternate forDavid Murdoch's silver medal-winning team. Later that year, MacDonald moved up to play second and the team won a bronze at the European Championships. By 2006, MacDonald was playing third and the new team finished in fourth place at the2006 Winter Olympics. They would also go to the2006 World Men's Curling Championship where they won a gold medal.
Ewan MacDonald would return to the World Championship podium at the 2009 Moncton World Championships where his team won the gold medal. For the round robin portion of the competition MacDonald had the best percentage, 88%, of all Thirds. In the 1 vs. 2 Playoff Match and in the Gold Medal Match he outshot Canadian third John Morris shooting 89% and 88% respectively.
