Dan Travers
Daniel Travers is a former badminton player and national coach fro Scotland, who competed at the Commonwealth Games and won a medal at the European Championships.
Biography
Travers was a bronze medalist at the 1981 World Games, losing out to Swedish pair in semifinals. Travers competed in three commonwealth games in 1978, 1986 & 1990. He was Commonwealth games champion of 1986 in men's doubles with Billy Gilliland, first ever player in history of Scottish badminton to be a gold medalist. Until now, they remain only gold medalist from their country in badminton. They also reached career high of World no. 2 after their display at the All England in 1982.At the 1986 Commonwealth Games, Travers was denied an almost certain team bronze medal when teammate Alison Fulton was carried off the court during the third match with Scotland leading Australia 2–0 at the time. Also in 1986, along with Billy Gilliland, they were awarded with BBC Scotland Sportsperson of the year.
He became National coach of Scotland in 1997 and later president of Badminton Scotland and has coached players at many Commonwealth games & other championships, even playing competitive sport himself at the senior level. He is a numerous time European Senior Champion and World Senior Champion as well.
Travers married fellow Scottish international Aileen Nairn.
Achievements
World Games
Men's doubles| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States |  World Senior ChampionshipsMixed doubles
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gold1
silver2