Hailey Caitlin Rose Duff MBE (born 24 January 1997) is a Scottish curler[2] from Forfar.[3] She is the 2022 Olympic Champion in women's curling.

Hailey Duff
MBE
Born (1997-01-24) 24 January 1997 (age 27)
Auckland, New Zealand
Team
Curling clubCurl Aberdeen, Aberdeen,
Forfar CC, Forfar[1]
SkipFay Henderson
ThirdRobyn Munro
SecondHailey Duff
LeadKatie McMillan
AlternateLisa Davie
Mixed doubles
partner
Bobby Lammie
Curling career
Member Association Scotland
 Great Britain
European Championship
appearances
2 (2021, 2022)
Olympic
appearances
1 (2022)
Other appearancesWorld Junior Curling Championships: 1 (2018)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing
Representing  Scotland
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lillehammer
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Östersund
Scottish Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2024 Dumfries
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Perth
Scottish Mixed Doubles Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Glasgow
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Perth

At the international level, she is a 2021 European champion, playing lead for skip Eve Muirhead.

At the national level, she is a Scottish women's championship champion (2024) and bronze medallist (2019), Scottish mixed doubles championship bronze medallist (2015), Scottish junior champion (2018) and silver medallist (2016, 2017).

Duff was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to curling.[4]

Teams

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Women's

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2013–14 Lesley Young Alison Wood Hailey Duff Ellie Fraser Susan Kesley SJCC 2014 (4th)
2014–15 Katie Murray Sophie Jackson Hailey Duff Ellie Fraser SJCC (8th)[5]
SWCC 2015 (6th)
2015–16 Katie Murray Rebecca Morrison Hailey Duff Mili Smith Andrew Craigie SJCC 2016  
Katie Murray Rebecca Morrison Hailey Duff Leeanne McKenzie Andrew Craigie SWCC 2016 (4th)
2016–17 Karina Aitken Rebecca Morrison Hailey Duff Laura Barr David Aitken SJCC 2017  
SWCC 2017 (4th)
2017–18 Rebecca Morrison Amy MacDonald Hailey Duff Leeanne McKenzie Sophie Jackson (WJCC) Tom Andrews SJCC 2018  
WJCC 2018 (9th)
SWCC 2018 (5th)
2018–19 Rebecca Morrison Hailey Duff Lisa Davie Beth Dandie [6]
Rebecca Morrison Hailey Duff Leeanne McKenzie Beth Dandie Paul Davis SWCC 2019  
2019–20 Amy MacDonald Hailey Duff Rebecca Morrison Layle Al-Saffar [7]
Hailey Duff (fourth) Amy MacDonald (skip) Layle Al-Saffar Jane Barr Rachael Halliday Paul Davis SWCC 2020 (4th)
2020–21 Maggie Wilson Hailey Duff Jennifer Marshall Eilidh Yeats [8]
2021–22 Eve Muirhead Vicky Wright Jennifer Dodds Hailey Duff Mili Smith Kristian Lindström,
David Murdoch (NC)[9]
ECC 2021  
2022–23 Beth Farmer Hailey Duff Kirstin Bousie Amy MacDonald Katie McMillan David Murdoch SWCC 2023 (4th)
2023–24 Fay Henderson Hailey Duff Amy MacDonald Katie McMillan Eve Muirhead SWCC 2024  
2024–25 Fay Henderson Robyn Munro Hailey Duff Katie McMillan Lisa Davie Clancy Grandy

Mixed

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
2016–17 Robin Brydone Hailey Duff Robin McCall Laura Barr SMxCC 2017 (5th)

Mixed doubles

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Season Male Female Events
2015–16 John Duff Hailey Duff SMDCC 2015  
2016–17 John Duff Hailey Duff SMDCC 2016 (7th)
2017–18 John Duff Hailey Duff SMDCC 2017 (16th)
2018–19 John Duff Hailey Duff SMDCC 2018 (7th)

Personal life

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Hailey Duff was born and grew up in New Zealand. Some years later her family moved to Scotland.

She is from family of curlers. Her father John Duff is a long time curler, and was the runner-up at the 2020 Scottish Senior Championships, and is a bronze medallist with his daughter at the 2015 Scottish Mixed Doubles Championship.[10])[11]

Duff works as an assistant buyer at Garden Furniture Scotland[12] and is also studying sport and fitness at The Open University.

She graduated from the University of Stirling in 2019 with a degree in Business and Finance.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Forfar Curling Club". forfarcurling.club.
  2. ^ "Hailey Duff". results.worldcurling.org. World Curling.
  3. ^ a b "Hailey DUFF". Beijine 2022 Olympics. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  4. ^ "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B19.
  5. ^ "2015 Scottish Curling Junior Championships". Royal Caledonian Curling Club.
  6. ^ "Morrison Reaches 2018 City of Perth Ladies International Quarters". CurlingZone.
  7. ^ "MacDonald0-5 at 2019 Tallinn Ladies International Challenger". CurlingZone.
  8. ^ "Wilson2-2 at 2020 National Curling Academy November Classic". CurlingZone.
  9. ^ «NC» — National Coach
  10. ^ "Ferguson Oliver Wealth Management Scottish Curling Senior Championships". Scottish Curling. 2020.
  11. ^ "Hailey Duff". British Curling. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  12. ^ Garden Furniture Scotland
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