Duncan McFadzean

Duncan McFadzean (born 9 October 1999) is a Scottish curler from Perth.

He currently plays second on Team Ross Whyte.

Playing for Whyte, McFadzean won gold at the 2024 Scottish Men's Curling Championship, silver at the 2018 World Junior Curling Championships and bronze at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships and 2019 Winter Universiade.

He also won gold at the 2024 Scottish Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with Sophie Jackson and represented the country at the 2024 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.

McFadzean found most of his junior success as a member of the Ross Whyte rink.

At the 2017 Scottish Junior Curling Championships, he played lead on the team that also included third Callum Kinnear and second Ryan McCormack.

At the championship, the team had a strong showing, finishing 6–1 through the round robin and earning a playoff spot.

They then lost both the 1 vs. 2 game and the final to the Cameron Bryce rink, finishing second.

Whyte left the team the following season and Kinnear stepped up as their new skip.

At the 2018 Scottish junior championship, the team lost just one game in the round robin to Whyte's new team and lost to them again in the final, once again taking silver.

After the event, McFadzean was invited to join Team Whyte at the 2018 World Junior Curling Championships as their alternate.

There, the team topped the round robin with an unblemished 9–0 record.

They then defeated Switzerland in the semifinal to qualify for the world junior final.

Tied in an extra end, the Scottish rink lost 6–5 to Canada's Tyler Tardi.

McFadzean played in four of the team's games.

He rejoined the Whyte rink at third for the 2018–19 season.

In his final year of juniors, McFadzean claimed a second Scottish junior title, once again going undefeated through the Scottish championship.

At the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships, Team Whyte again went through the round robin unbeaten.

They suffered their first loss in the semifinals following a narrow 10–9 game against Switzerland but rebounded to defeat Norway in the bronze medal game.

The following month, McFadzean played third on the British team at the 2019 Winter Universiade.

There, the team again finished atop the round robin, earning a bye to the semifinals.

They then lost to Norway before claiming the bronze medal 10–5 over Switzerland.

Out of juniors, McFadzean moved to second on Team Whyte with Euan Kyle and Robin Brydone rounding out the lineup at lead and third respectively.

In their first season, the team claimed two tour titles at the Prague Classic and the Dumfries Challenger Series.

They also reached the final of the Grant Prix Bern Inter Curling Challenge and were semifinalists at five other tour stops.

Their success on tour was not replicated at the Scottish championship, however, as they finished 4–3 and failed to advance to the playoffs.

Despite this, the team ranked seventeenth in the world at the end of the season after starting in fifty-fifth.

For much of the 2020–21 season, there was no tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the four domestic challenges Team Whyte played in, they lost in the final of all four to Team Bruce Mouat.

Team Whyte had a strong start to the 2021–22 season, reaching the final of the 2021 Euro Super Series where they lost to Yannick Schwaller.

After a quarterfinal finish in their second event, they won the KW Fall Classic with an unbeaten record, defeating fellow Scotts Team Ross Paterson in the final.

They also made the final of their next event, the ATB Okotoks Classic, where they lost to Kevin Koe.

With the points they accumulated from the first part of the season, Team Whyte qualified for the 2021 Masters, their first Grand Slam of Curling event.

Through the triple knockout, the team qualified through the C side to enter the playoffs before losing to the Mouat rink in the quarterfinals.

They also played in the next Grand Slam, the 2021 National, again qualifying for the playoffs through the C event.

They then lost to Brad Gushue in the quarters.

In the new year, Team Whyte entered the 2022 Scottish Men's Curling Championship as the highest ranked team as Team Mouat was competing in the Olympics.

Through the round robin, the team posted an 8–2 record, securing first place.

They then defeated Team Paterson in the 1 vs. 2 game before losing to them in a rematch in the final.

Team Whyte ended their season with a semifinal finish at the Aberdeen International Curling Championship and a 2–3 record at the 2022 Players' Championship Slam.