Who are Team Mouat? Team GB's curlers going for gold

They are the four horsemen of a golden age of curling.

Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Hammy McMillan Jr and Bobby Lammie have come a long way since they first formed as a team back in 2017.

The quartet have roared to world, European, and Grand Slam titles but there is one crown that still alludes them; the all powerful Olympic gold.

After clinching silver at Beijing 2022, Team Mouat are now in the position to go one better, just one match against Canada stands between them and glory.

But who exactly are Team Mouat, and why are they so iconic? We'll tell you why.

Bruce Mouat: The Skip

Bruce Mouat was just eight-years-old when he became obsessed with Granite, the first and only curling video game.

Less than 20 years later, he skipped his rink to a silver medal at Beijing 2022 after becoming the first person to represent Team GB in both the men's and mixed doubles curling.

Mouat saw immediate success on the ice as a child and won a maiden world bronze in 2018.

He went on to underline his status as one of the world’s best curlers a year out from his Olympic debut after winning men’s world silver and mixed doubles world gold alongside childhood friend Jen Dodds.

In 2023 and 2025, Mouat led his team to historic golds at the World Championships in Canada, whilst also claiming four successive European titles throughout his career and is one of the most well-respected curlers on the circuit.

His 2023 victory saw him become the first openly gay curler to be crowned a world champion.

Grant Hardie: The Engineer

With a masters degree in civil and environmental engineering from Strathclyde University, Grant Hardie takes a very scientific approach to curling success.

Vice-skip Hardie has a keen interest in Team Mouat's use of data in formulating strategy, which has played a big role in their success. If you're trying to work out which stone is closest to the button, Hardie is your man to ask.

Curling isn’t the only sport Hardie obsesses over; he is a regular skier and enjoys a round of golf or a tennis match.

However, with parents who curl and an uncle who was crowned world champion in 1999 - with cousin Hammy McMillan Jr joining him in Team Mouat - the game of stones was always likely to be his main passion.

Hammy McMillan Jr: The Motivator

At Beijing 2022, Hammy McMillan Jr managed a feat his three-time Olympian father never did by winning an Olympic medal.

Growing up, the Scot only needed to look to his father, Hammy McMillan Sr, who represented Team GB at three Games, to inspire his journey to Winter Olympic greatness.

Whilst it's true McMillan Jr has the sport in his blood, he has also carved out a path of his own at every stage of his career, winning the world junior title in 2013.

The curler has made six World Curling Championship appearances as part of Team Mouat, winning bronze in 2018, silver in 2021 and brilliant golds in 2023 and 2025.

His involvement in curling goes well beyond just competing on the ice; his role as a curling development officer seeing him firmly at the forefront of the efforts to grow the sport.

Bobby Lammie: The Competitor

Six years on from winning a world junior title with close friend and skip Bruce Mouat, Bobby Lammie clinched silver at Beijing 2022 to mark one of his finest achievements.

The Dumfries star attracted silverware early in his career, winning his first senior world medals with a bronze in April 2018 and silver in 2021.

In 2023, he helped Team Mouat to a brilliant gold medal at the World Curling Championships before reclaiming their title in 2025.

The youngest member of Team Mouat, Lammie also has a degree in Sport and Exercise Science from the University of Stirling and goes out with fellow Olympic curler Seol Yeeun of South Korea.

The quartet became the first-ever rink in British history to return to an Olympic Games with the exact same four athletes at Milano Cortina 2026.

But there is one more man on their side that is crucial to their success.

Kyle Waddell: The Alternate

Kyle Waddell will return to the Olympic stage for the first time in eight years at Milano Cortina 2026.

Waddell made his Olympic Winter Games debut at PyeongChang 2018 off the back of a successful end to 2017 with the Olympic rink taking silver at the European Championships.

Waddell, whose grandfather Jimmy Waddell was European curling champion in 1979, also enjoyed success at youth level, winning World Junior Championship gold and World Universiade silver in 2013 as well as the Scottish Junior titles in 2012 and 2013.

Waddell missed out on a spot at Beijing 2022 but has teamed up with the successful Team Mouat since then to join them for a second Games in Italy.

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