Hugh Nibloe

Hugh Nibloe began wheelchair curling in October 2012. Previously a keen rugby player, having represented Stranraer Academy as a youngster and Wigtownshire RFC before joining the Merchant Navy, Hugh was no longer able to play rugby after he was diagnosed with MS.

Hugh played in his first Scottish Wheelchair Curling Championships in March 2013 and was part of the Paralympic Inspiration Programme at Sochi 2014 – watching on as his future teammates won bronze.

He made his major debut for Scotland at the 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland, helping them to an eighth-place finish.

Success on the world stage soon followed, with silver at the 2016 World B Championships followed by bronze at the 2017 World A Championships, which also doubled up as the test event for PyeongChang 2018, where Hugh made his Paralympic debut.

The following year in 2019 Hugh was part of Scotland’s silver medal-winning team on home ice at the World Championships in Stirling, Scotland. In 2021 Hugh was skip for the team that reached the quarter finals at the World Championships in Beijing, China – in the same venue that hosted the Paralympic Winter Games in 2022.

At Beijing 2022 he was skip of the ParalympicsGB team that enjoyed notable victories including a 10-6 success against the USA.

At the 2023 World Championships in Canada, Hugh was skip of the Scotland team that won bronze after defeating Sweden 7-4. Then in March 2025 Hugh joined forces with Charlotte McKenna for the mixed doubles competition at the World Championships in Stevenston, Ayrshire, with the pair winning silver on home ice – and securing a slot for ParalympicsGB in the mixed doubles competition at the Milan Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games.