Susan Egelstaff
Susan Egelstaff is a Scottish badminton player. who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and three Commonwealth Games.
Biography
Born Susan Hughes in 1982, she represented the Scottish team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, where she competed in the badminton events, winning a bronze medal as part of the mixed team.Four years later Hughes represented the Scottish team again at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, where she competed in the badminton events, and won a bronze medal in the singles.
In 2009 she married Dylan Egelstaff and played under her married name thereafter.
Egelstaff finished fourth in the singles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, she competed for Great Britain at the badminton events. She failed to progress past the group stage, beating Maja Tvrdy but losing to the 12th seed Sayaka Sato in three games.
She was six-times singles champion and once doubles champion at the Scottish National Badminton Championships.
As of 2023, she is a sports writer for ''The Herald.''
Achievements
Commonwealth Games
Women's singles| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | ||||||
| 2006 | Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia |  BWF International Challenge/SeriesWomen's singles
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