Bruce Flockhart (badminton)

Bruce Flockhart
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born8 September 1972[1][2]
Sport
SportBadminton
ClubDunfermline
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
2002 Manchester
Bronze medal – third place2002 ManchesterMixed team
Scottish Nationals
Gold medal – first place1994, 95, 1998–2002, 04singles
Scottish Open
Gold medal – first place1993singles

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

  1. 1 2 3 "Athletes' Profile: Badminton". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Flockhart takes to ranking". Dundee Courier. 28 December 1994. p. 16. Retrieved 19 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Badminton". Edinburgh Evening News. 10 January 1998. p. 68. Retrieved 19 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Scots beaten". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 23 November 1990. p. 33. Retrieved 19 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Flockhart joins his rivals on the sidelines". Dundee Courier. 2 October 1996. p. 15. Retrieved 19 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. 1 2 "Scottish National Championships". Badminton Scotland. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Games Squad". Edinburgh Evening News. 28 June 1994. p. 16. Retrieved 21 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Scotland Victoria 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "Scottish star in pleas on funding". Edinburgh Evening News. 19 August 2000. p. 64. Retrieved 19 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists Badminton". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  11. ↑ "Scotland". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  12. ↑ "Flying Flockhart". Aberdeen Evening Express. 19 March 1999. p. 41. Retrieved 19 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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