Mili Smith

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| name = Mili Smith
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|3|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Perth, Scotland{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-profile-n1044162-mili-smith.htm |title=Mili SMITH |work=Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics |access-date=19 February 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219135835/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-profile-n1044162-mili-smith.htm |archive-date=19 February 2022}}

| Curling club = St Martins CC,
Perth, SCO

| Skip = Maia Ramsfjell

| Third = Mili Smith

| Second = Pia Trulsen

| Lead = Leanne McKenzie

| Alternate =

| Mixed doubles partner = Duncan McFadzean

| Member Association = {{SCO}}
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| World Championship appearances = 1 ({{WWCC|2019}})

| European Championship appearances = 1 ({{EuCC|2021}})

| Olympic appearances = 1 (2022)

| medaltemplates =

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{{MedalSilver| 2018 Perth{{cite web |url=https://competitions.scottishcurling.org/competitions/scottish-curling-championship/ |title=Scottish Curling Championship |website=Scottish Curling |access-date=2019-03-17}} | }}

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Mili Smith (born 1 March 1998) is a Scottish former curler from Perth.{{Cite web |title=Mili Smith Athlete Profile |url=http://britishcurling.co.uk/userfiles/file/profiles/2020_21_profiles/team_aitken/Mili-Smith-Athlete-Profile.docx |access-date=2020-09-09 |website=British Curling}} She was the alternate on the British team that won the gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.{{Cite news |title=GB women's curlers claim Olympic gold |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-olympics/60450423 |access-date=2022-02-20}}

Career

=Juniors=

Smith was a member of Team GB at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics, playing lead on a team skipped by Ross Whyte.{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcurling.com/news/26-jan-2016-team-gb-curlers-announced-for-2016-winter-youth-olympics.asp |title=Team GB Curlers Announced for 2016 Winter Youth Olympics |website=British Curling |access-date=2019-08-16}} The team finished 5th overall. In the mixed doubles event, Smith was paired with South Korea's Hong Yun-jeong. They lost their lone match and were eliminated.

Smith joined the Sophie Jackson junior rink in 2016. In 2017, the Jackson team won the World Junior B championships, earning the right to represent Scotland at the 2017 World Junior Curling Championships. At the World Juniors, the team won the silver medal.

=Women's=

The Jackson junior team continued to play together following their junior career. In 2019, the team was invited to play in the third leg of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup, where they finished with a 2–4 record. Two weeks later, the team won the 2019 Scottish championship,{{cite web |url=https://competitions.scottishcurling.org/competitions/scottish-curling-championship-2/ |title=Scottish Curling Championships |website=Scottish Curling |access-date=2019-08-16}} defeating perennial winners Eve Muirhead in the final. Team Jackson had committed to play in the 2019 Winter Universiade (which ended just before the World Championships), so Scottish Curling initially wanted to send Muirhead to the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship as Scotland's representative. However, Team Jackson asked for a review of the rules, which stated the winner of the Scottish championship gets to represent the country at the World Championships. The review was successful, and Team Jackson went on to represent Scotland at the 2019 Worlds.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-sports/47285010 |title=Scottish Curling sends Jackson's rink to World Championship following review of decision – BBC Sport |work=BBC Sport |date=18 February 2019 |access-date=2019-08-16}} They also played in the Universiade, where they finished fourth.

At the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship, Team Jackson finished in 10th place with a 4–8 record.

She won a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as part of Team GB.

On 21 June 2022, Smith announced that she would be stepping away from elite level curling.{{Cite news |date=June 21, 2022 |title=Olympic Golden Girl Mili Smith steps away from full time elite curling |url=https://www.britishcurling.org.uk/news/olympic-golden-girl-mili-smith-steps-away-from-full-time-elite-curling/ |access-date=June 21, 2022 |publisher=British Curling}}

Smith was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to curling.{{London Gazette|issue=63714|supp=y|page=B24|date=1 June 2022}}

Personal life

Smith's brother is Kyle Smith who was the skip of the British team at the 2018 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.curlingworldcup.com/players/mili-smith |title=Mili Smith | Players |website=Curling World Cup |access-date=2019-08-16}} She attended the University of Stirling{{cite web |url=http://www.winningstudents-scotland.ac.uk/athletes/2017-18/curling/name-168110-en.html |website=winningstudents-scotland.ac.uk |access-date=2019-08-16 |title=Mili Smith |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321214951/https://www.winningstudents-scotland.ac.uk/athletes/2017-18/curling/name-168110-en.html |archive-date=March 21, 2019}} and Perth Academy, with whom she won the Scottish Schools' Curling Championship in 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishcurling.org/comps/past-national-champions/scottish-schools-curling-champions/ |title=Scottish Schools Curling Champions – Scottish Curling | The Home of Curling in Scotland |website=scottishcurling.org |access-date=2019-08-16}}{{cite web |title=Perth Academy's Mili Smith joins Scottish Schools' curling team |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/more-in-sport/perth-academy-s-mili-smith-joins-scottish-schools-curling-team-1-4330437 |access-date=2019-08-16 |website=The Scotsman}} In 2021, she graduated from the University of Stirling with a bachelor's degree in psychology. She lives in Stirling.