Laurence Jackson

Laurence Jackson (16 September 1900 in Carnwath, South Lanarkshire–27 July 1984 in Biggar, South Lanarkshire) was a Scottish curler. He was part of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club team that won the first Olympic Gold medal in curling at the inaugural Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, in 1924.

He was the son of fellow gold-medalist Willie Jackson.

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Olympic champions in men's curling

Demonstration	1932: Burns, Bowman, Pow, Willis (CAN) 1988: Ramsfjell, Loen, Søgård, Bakke, Meland (NOR) 1992: U. Dick, J. Dick, Hürlimann, Kläy, Däppen (SUI)

Men's Curling	1924: W. Jackson, Welsh, Murray, L. Jackson, Astley (GBR) 1998: Hürlimann, Lörtscher, Müller, Perren, Andres (SUI) 2002: Trulsen, Vågberg, Davanger, Ramsfjell, Nergård (NOR) 2006: Gushue, Nichols, Howard, Korab, Adam (CAN) 2010: Martin, Morris, Kennedy, Hebert, Enright (CAN) 2014: Jacobs, Fry, E. J. Harnden, R. Harnden, Flaxley (CAN)

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