There are plenty of Scots with medal aims in Team GB for Winter Games It doesn't seem that long ago since Team GB swept to a surge of golden glory at the London Olympics in 2012. But, four weeks today, the Winter Olympics will commence in Sochi in Russia where the president will be doing his best to ensure his country are "Putin on the Ritz." In the past, Scottish triumphs at these Games have been few and far between, but Rhona Martin achieved overnight success when she and her fellow curlers surged to glory in a memorable final, which lasted until after 3am, in the winter of 2002. And, as the build-up intensifies to the 2014 event, there are a disproportionate number of Scots challenging for honours as part of the wider GB ensemble. Here, we profile five of these teams and individuals, who are in with realistic chances of chasing medals in February. Eve Muirhead (Curling). This woman has so much sangfroid in her attitude to challenges that one wonders whether she has entered into a private mind meld with "The Killing's" Sarah Lund. The 23-year-old from Perth, who has been destined for stardom during the last decade, became the youngest female skip to win the world championship when she led her team of Anna Sloan, Lauren Gray, Vicki Adams and Claire Hamilton to a nerve-shredding success. Their 6-5 triumph in the final against Sweden in Latvia last March was hailed as one of Scotland's greatest sporting triumphs of recent years. Muirhead endured misery at her first Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010 and told STV: "We didn't get it right. We allowed the pressure to get to us. But she has derived succour from that setback and one wouldn't bet against her turning agony to ecstasy this time round. Ben Kilner (Snowboarding). The Banchory-born star might only be 25, but he is a long-time chairman of the board. And the man who specialises in the half pipe event in the snowboarding milieu, is determined to thrive on the momentum which was created by London's Games stars. Kilner watched the exploits of men and women, such as his compatriots, Chris Hoy and Katherine Grainger, and marvelled at the fashion in which they responded to the pressure of being favourites in their homeland - duly delivering the goods in a gold-wrapped package. Now, having spent the winter in Colorado at an intensive training camp with colleagues and rivals alike, the individual with the nickname, "Kildog," is working ever harder to pursue his dream of emulating Hoy and Grainger's example and finishing on the podium in February. "You couldn't help but be motivated and inspired by the way the Britons performed in London," said Kilner. I've always had a huge regard for Chris, ever since I watched him at the Olympics and he just kept producing better and better displays when it mattered. Elise Christie (Speed Skating). The 23-year-old Livingston-born competitor became the first British woman to win a World Championship medal last year when she collected a bronze in Hungary. That happened just a month after she had clinched the World Cup 1000m title and she is also the reigning European champion over the same distance at the 1500m. The Scot performed respectably on her Olympic debut, as a teenager in Canada, but describes the experience as "a turning point." She added: "After Vancouver, I felt like that was it - that was all I was ever going to get from skating. But then I started to think about what could happen if I kept working on all those one percents where I could improve. I changed my training and I also changed my lifestyle. David Murdoch (Curling). The 35-year-old from Lockerbie and his team were the 2006 and 2009 World Champions, and will be among the favourites to strike gold in Sochi. Certainly, as somebody who will be appearing at his third Winter Games, the Scot has no fear or anxiety over his team's ability to stand atop the medal podium. He told STV on Thursday: "We are off to Las Vegas next week for the Continental Cup, which is like the Ryder Cup of curling, then all our thoughts will be on the Olympics. We have lots of experience and I think we have a very good team, but we will taking one match a time, and trying to take our rivals down. I know there are expectations on our shoulders to win a medal, and that is definitely what we will be aiming for. Gillian Cooke (Bobsleigh). The versatile 31-year-old from Edinburgh has excelled in athletics, whether in pole vault, long jump or sprinting, and has made an auspicious move to the bobsleigh circuit. Cooke joined driver Nicola Minichiello in the two-woman bobsleigh as brakewoman following a trial in October 2008 and the duo won the gold medal in the two-woman event at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid, New York. They suffered problems at the 2010 Winter Games, but Cooke, showing trademark tenacity and resilience, has battled back against adversity. Only this week, she won a bronze medal at the Europa Cup in Igls and appears to have re-discovered her best form at exactly the right time.