Claire Hamilton

[1] She was a member of the Anna Sloan rink that won a gold medal for Great Britain at the 2011 Winter Universiade,[3] playing as the team's alternate.

In March 2011, she played third for Sloan at the 2011 World Championships, along with Vicki Adams, Rhiann MacLeod and Eve Muirhead as alternate.

Sloan joined forces with Muirhead after that season, with Hamilton becoming the team's lead and Adams playing in second position.

Team Muirhead won gold medals at the 2013 World Curling Championships in Riga, Latvia, with Lauren Gray as alternate.

[5] Shortly afterwards she took up cycling, and took a silver medal in the individual pursuit at the Scottish National Track Championships in October 2014.