Susan Egelstaff (born 12 October 1982; née Hughes) is a Scottish
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...
player. Egelstaff won team bronze at the
2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...
in
Manchester
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, took women's singles bronze four years later in
Melbourne
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, and finished fourth in the singles in
Delhi
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. In 2012, she competed for
Great Britain
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at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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. She failed to progress past the group stage, beating
Maja Tvrdy
Maja Tvrdy (born 20 November 1983) is a Slovenian badminton player. She competed for Slovenia at the 2012 Summer Olympics.Sayaka Sato
is a Japanese badminton player. She competed for Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Achievements
BWF World Junior Championships
''Girls' singles''
BWF Superseries
The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 200 ...
in three games.
As of 2023, she is a sports writer for ''
The Herald.''
Achievements
Commonwealth Games
''Women's singles''
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Women's singles''
''Women's doubles''
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BWF International Challenge
The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
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tournament
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BWF International Series
The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament
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Scottish female badminton players
1982 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Glasgow
Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players for Great Britain
Badminton players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Badminton players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland
Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
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