Gina Aitken

Gina Aitken (born 17 November 1993) is a Scottish curler from Edinburgh. She won a silver medal as skip of the Scottish women's team at the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships and has competed in the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship five times.

Curling career In back-to-back years, 2014 and 2015, Aitken skipped her team to victory at the Scottish Junior Championships, with teammates Naomi Brown, Rowena Kerr, and Rachel Hannen. At the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships Aitken's team finished the round robin with a 3–6 record, missing the playoffs. Returning to the World Juniors in 2015, they found much more success. Aitken and Team Scotland finished the round robin in second place with a 6–3 record. In the page playoffs, Team Scotland defeated the number one seeded Canada in the 1 vs. 2 game and Sweden in the semifinals, thus setting up a rematch with Team Canada in the final. In the final, Canada, skipped by Kelsey Rocque, got their revenge, defeating Scotland 8–2. Earlier in the 2014–2015 season, Aitken and her juniors team also won bronze at the Scottish Women's Curling Championship, Aitken's best finish at that championship.

Aitken has also competed in the Scottish Mixed Curling Championship, playing third for Bruce Mouat in 2015 and 2016. At the 2016 Championship they won the bronze medal.

Aitken is also prolific in mixed doubles, where she has won the Scottish Mixed Doubles title five times. The first four championships, Aitken competed with her longtime teammate Bruce Mouat. Each Scottish title earned Aitken the right to represent Scotland at the World Mixed Doubles Championship, with her best finish being 4th at the 2016 Championship where they lost to the United States team of Joe Polo and Tabitha Peterson in the bronze medal match.

For the 2018–19 season, Aitken decided to focus on mixed doubles with her new teammate Scott Andrews. Andrews became injured shortly before the Scottish Mixed Doubles Championship, but Duncan Menzies filled in for Andrews and together they won Aitken her fifth Championship. Andrews was healed in time for the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, where they finished tied for 9th place, losing to Team Estonia in the first round of the playoffs.

Personal life Aitken started curling when she was only seven years old and comes from a curling family: her father David won the 1986 World Juniors, her mother Morna has competed at two World Senior Curling Championships, her sister Karina was the alternate for Aitken's silver medal winning 2015 World Juniors team, and her sister Tasha has also competed at World Juniors.

Aitken graduated with a degree in Film and French from Glasgow University. She currently works in marketing.

Teams Women's Season Skip Third Second Lead Events 2011–12 Gina Aitken Katy Richardson Rowena Kerr Rachel Hannen SWCC (8th) 2012–13 Gina Aitken Katy Richardson Rowena Kerr Fiona Telfer SWCC (7th) 2013–14 Gina Aitken Naomi Brown Rowena Kerr Katy Richardson SWCC (5th) Gina Aitken Naomi Brown Rowena Kerr Rachel Hannen SJCC (7th) 2014–15 Gina Aitken Naomi Brown Rowena Kerr Rachel Hannen SWCC SJCC 2015–16 Gina Aitken Rowena Kerr Laura Ritchie Heather Morton SWCC (7th) 2016–17 Gina Aitken Rowena Kerr Rachael Halliday Rachel Hannen W. Univ. (5th) SWCC (5th) 2017–18 Claire Hamilton Gina Aitken Rachael Halliday Rachel Hannen SWCC (SF) 2018–19 Rebecca Morrison (Fourth) Gina Aitken (Skip) Mili Smith Sophie Sinclair 2019–20 Rebecca Morrison (Fourth) Gina Aitken (Skip) Mili Smith Sophie Sinclair 2020–21 Rebecca Morrison (Fourth) Gina Aitken (Skip) Mili Smith Sophie Sinclair 2021–22 Rebecca Morrison Gina Aitken Sophie Sinclair Sophie Jackson SWCC 2022–23 Rebecca Morrison Gina Aitken Sophie Sinclair Sophie Jackson SWCC (12th) 2023–24 Rebecca Morrison Jennifer Dodds Gina Aitken / Sophie Sinclair Sophie Jackson (5th)

Mixed Season Skip Third Second Lead Events 2014–15 Bruce Mouat Gina Aitken Mark Munro Rachel Hannen SMxCC (DNQ) 2015–16 Bruce Mouat Gina Aitken Mark Munro Rachel Hannen SMxCC

Mixed doubles Season Male Female Events 2012–13 Bruce Mouat Gina Aitken SMDCC (7th) 2013–14 Bruce Mouat Gina Aitken SMDCC (9th) 2014–15 Bruce Mouat Gina Aitken SMDCC (SF) 2015–16 Bruce Mouat Gina Aitken SMDCC (4th) 2016–17 Bruce Mouat Gina Aitken SMDCC (11th) 2017–18 Bruce Mouat Gina Aitken SMDCC (QF) 2018–19 Scott AndrewsDuncan Menzies Gina Aitken SMDCC (9th) 2019–20 Scott Andrews Gina Aitken SMDCC 2020–21 Ross Paterson Gina Aitken 2021–22 Euan Kyle Gina Aitken SMDCC (QF) 2022–23 Grant Hardie Gina Aitken SMDCC (SF) 2023–24 Grant Hardie Gina Aitken