Curling Curling games taking place during the 2005 Tim Hortons Brier Highest governing body World Curling Federation Nicknames Chess On Ice, The Roaring Game First played Approximately late medieval Scotland Registered players est. 1,500,000 Characteristics Contact No Team members 4 or 3 per team (2 in mixed doubles) Mixed gender Yes; see mixed curling Type Precision and accuracy Equipment Curling brooms, stones (rocks), curling shoes Venue Curling sheet Glossary Glossary of curling Presence Olympic First event in 1924 (retroactively made official in 2006). Demonstration sport in 1932, 1988 and 1992. Officially added in 1998. Paralympic Wheelchair curling officially added in 2006.
where did the sport of curling originate from
Scotland