Q:Facts: - caption: hamilton & lotteries women 's classic delivers a rock at the 2013 manitoba liquor - medaltemplates: curling - birth date: 31 january 1989 - name: claire hamilton - image: claire hamilton.jpg - birth place: lockerbie , scotland Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of claire hamilton -lrb- curler -rrb- .
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claire hamilton -lrb- born 31 january 1989 -rrb- is a scottish curler .she formerly played lead for the rink skipped by eve muirhead .representing scotland , they were the 2013 world champions and representing team gb , they were the 2014 olympic bronze medallists .hamilton was born in lockerbie , scotland and was educated at lockerbie academy and the university of strathclyde , where she studied pharmacy .she was a member of the anna sloan rink that won a gold medal for great britain at the 2011 winter universiade , 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 .they finished 9th .sloan joined forces with muirhead after that season , with hamilton becoming the team 's lead and adams playing in second position .they had quick success , winning the gold medal at the 2011 european curling championships in moscow .however , they were not as successful at the 2012 world championships , placing 6th .team muirhead won gold medals at the 2013 world curling championships in riga , latvia , with lauren gray as alternate .representing great britain , they won a bronze medal at the 2014 winter olympics in sochi , russia .in may 2014 hamilton announced that she was leaving eve murihead 's rink .shortly afterwards she took up cycling , and took a silver medal in the individual pursuit at the scottish national track championships in october 2014 .