Aileen Neilson

Although she comes from a family of curlers Neilson only took up the sport in 2004 at the age of 33. She subsequently made her international debut in 2006.^[1]

She was part of the Great Britain wheelchair curling team at the 2010 Paralympic Games in Vancouver, Canada.

She has a bronze medal from the 2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship^[3] and a silver from the 2011 World Wheelchair Curling Championship.^[1]

She won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Paralympics at Sochi with the British team beating China 7–3 in the third-place play-off match.^[4]

She is a teacher at Bent Primary School in South Lanarkshire. Her partner is former teammate and predecessor as skip of the British Paralympic rink Michael McCreadie.^[1]

• Aileen Neilson at World Curling
• Aileen Neilson at Paralympic.org
• Aileen Neilson at the British Paralympic Association
• Aileen Neilson at ParalympicsGB
• Video profile at BBC Sport
• Profile at the Official Website for the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver

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