Jimmy Waddell

{{short description|Scottish male curler}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox curler

| name = Jimmy Waddell

| gender = M

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| Curling club = Hamilton & Thornyhill CC[http://www.hamilton-thornyhill.co.uk/ Hamilton & Thornyhill Curling Club]

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| Member Association = {{SCO}}

| World Championship appearances = 4 ({{WMCC|1964}}, {{WMCC|1972}}, {{WMCC|1974}}, {{WMCC|1979}})

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| European Championship appearances = 1 ({{EuCC|1979}})

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{{MedalSport | Curling}}

{{MedalCompetition | {{WMCC||World Championships}}}}

{{MedalSilver | {{WMCC|1964|1964 Calgary}} | }}

{{MedalCompetition | {{EuCC||European Championships}}}}

{{MedalGold | {{EuCC|1979|1979 Varese}} | }}

{{MedalCompetition | Scottish Men's Championship}}

{{MedalGold | 1964 Edinburgh{{cite news|title=Personnel of visiting Scotch Cup rinks|date=March 12, 1964|page=60|newspaper=Calgary Heralad|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74938275/calgary-herald/|accessdate=April 2, 2021}} | }}

{{MedalGold | 1972 | }}

{{MedalGold | 1974 | }}

{{MedalGold | 1979 | }}

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James Waddell (born c. 1937) is a Scottish curler. He is a {{EuCC|1979|1979 European champion}} and a {{WMCC|1964|1964 World championship silver medallist}}.{{worldcurling}}

Waddell and the entirety of his 1964 Scottish champion rink were farmers from Hamilton.

Teams

=Men's=

class="wikitable"
scope="col"| Season

! scope="col"| Skip

! scope="col"| Third

! scope="col"| Second

! scope="col"| Lead

! scope="col"| Events

scope="row"| 1963–64

| Alex F. Torrance || Alex A. Torrance || Robert Kirkland || Jimmy Waddell || SMCC 1964 {{Gold1}}
{{WMCC|1964|WCC 1964}} {{Silver2}}

scope="row"| 1971–72

| Alex F. Torrance || Alex A. Torrance || Robert Kirkland || Jimmy Waddell || SMCC 1972 {{Gold1}}
{{WMCC|1972|WCC 1972}} (4th)

scope="row"| 1973–74

| Jimmy Waddell || Jim Steele || Robert Kirkland || Willie Frame || SMCC 1974 {{Gold1}}
{{WMCC|1974|WCC 1974}} (8th)

scope="row"| 1978–79

| Jimmy Waddell || Willie Frame || Jim Forrest || George Bryan || SMCC 1979 {{Gold1}}
{{WMCC|1979|WCC 1979}} (6th)

scope="row"| 1979–80

| Jimmy Waddell || Willie Frame || Jim Forrest || George Bryan || {{EuCC|1979|ECC 1979}} {{Gold1}}

=Mixed=

class="wikitable"
scope="col"| Season

! scope="col"| Skip

! scope="col"| Third

! scope="col"| Second

! scope="col"| Lead

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scope="row"| 1987

| Jim Waddell || Isobel Waddell || Alec Torrance || Isobel Torrance || SMxCC 1987 {{Gold1}}

Private life

His grandson Kyle is a curler too, a {{WJCC|2013|2013 World Junior champion}} and a {{EuCC|2017|2017 European Championships silver medallist}}. Another grandson Craig is also a curler, and the brothers played together in the {{EuCC|2019|2019 European Championships}}.

References

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