Bruce Flockhart (badminton)
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 September 1972[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dunfermline | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bruce Flockhart (born 8 September 1972) is a former international badminton player from Scotland who competed at three Commonwealth Games.
Biography
Flockhart was born in 1972[1] into a badminton family, his parents were Adam Flockhart and Joanna Flockhart. Bruce was based in Dunfermline[3] and represented Scotland at international level.[4]
He was a bursar at the University of Stirling by profession[2] and reached the number 1 ranking in Scotland.[5]
In 1994 he won the first of his eight singles titles at the Scottish National Badminton Championships[6] and represented the Scottish team[7] at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada, where he competed in the badminton events.[8]
Four years later he went to his second Games at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,[1] by which time he had secured his second and third national singles titles.[6]
In 2000, he was based in Kelty, Fife, and unfortunately missed the 2000 Summer Olympics due to injury.[9] However, he did attend a third Commonwealth Games in 2002 and won a bronze medal in the mixed team event.[10]
At retirement he was an eight times singles champion of Scotland.[11][12]
References
- ^ a b c "Athletes' Profile: Badminton". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ^ a b "Flockhart takes to ranking". Dundee Courier. 28 December 1994. p. 16. Retrieved 19 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Badminton". Edinburgh Evening News. 10 January 1998. p. 68. Retrieved 19 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scots beaten". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 23 November 1990. p. 33. Retrieved 19 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Flockhart joins his rivals on the sidelines". Dundee Courier. 2 October 1996. p. 15. Retrieved 19 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Scottish National Championships". Badminton Scotland. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ^ "Games Squad". Edinburgh Evening News. 28 June 1994. p. 16. Retrieved 21 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scotland Victoria 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ^ "Scottish star in pleas on funding". Edinburgh Evening News. 19 August 2000. p. 64. Retrieved 19 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists Badminton". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ^ "Scotland". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ^ "Flying Flockhart". Aberdeen Evening Express. 19 March 1999. p. 41. Retrieved 19 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.