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Bruce Flockhart (badminton)

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 into a badminton family, his parents were Adam Flockhart and Joanna Flockhart. Bruce was based in Dunfermline and represented Scotland at international level.

He was a bursar at the University of Stirling by profession and reached the number 1 ranking in Scotland.

In 1994 he won the first of his eight singles titles at the Scottish National Badminton Championships and represented the Scottish team at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada, where he competed in the badminton events.

Four years later he went to his second Games at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by which time he had secured his second and third national singles titles.

In 2000, he was based in Kelty, Fife, and unfortunately missed the 2000 Summer Olympics due to injury. However, he did attend a third Commonwealth Games in 2002 and won a bronze medal in the mixed team event.

At retirement he was an eight times singles champion of Scotland.

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