Susan Egelstaff (born 12 October 1982; née Hughes) 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 YearVenueOpponentScoreResult2006Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre,Melbourne, Australia Elizabeth Cann21–5, 13–21, 21–19 Bronze
BWF International Challenge/Series Women's singles YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult2011Kharkiv International Olga Konon9–21, 10–21 Runner-up2011Dutch International Michelle Li21–18, 13–21, 21–15 Winner2010Irish International Karina Jørgensen23–21, 21–8 Winner2010European Circuit Finals Ella Diehl22–20, 13–21, 16–21 Runner-up2009Scotland International Ella Diehl21–18, 21–10 Winner2008Bulgarian International Petya Nedelcheva11–21, 15–21 Runner-up2008Belgian International Juliane Schenk12–21, 18–21 Runner-up2008Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Olga Konon18–21, 12–21 Runner-up2006Irish International Sara Persson19–21, 16–21 Runner-up2006Iceland International Ragna Ingólfsdóttir14–21, 21–11, 12–21 Runner-up2005Czech International Tine Høy11–4, 11–8 Winner2005Finnish International Yuan Wemyss11–8, 11–9 Winner2004Iceland International Yuan Wemyss11–7, 11–2 Winner2004Bulgarian International Elizabeth Cann13–11, 1–11, 5–11 Runner-up2004Welsh International Petya Nedelcheva9–11, 8–11 Runner-up2003Hungarian International Ha Jung-eun11–4, 11–4 Winner2003Welsh International Ella Karachkova6–11, 5–11 Runner-up2003Bulgarian International Petya Nedelcheva0–11, 0–11 Runner-up2002Iceland International Petya Nedelcheva3–11, 3–11 Runner-up2000Slovenian International Anne Marie Pedersen7–11, 11–7, 10–13 Runner-up
Women's doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2001Scottish International Kirsteen McEwan Yuan Wemyss Sandra Watt4–7, 0–7, 8–6, 0–7 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament
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