Craig Robertson (badminton)
Scottish international badminton player
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Craig Robertson (born 9 January 1970) is a former international badminton player from Scotland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 January 1970[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fauldhouse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Robertson born in 1970,[2] was based in Fauldhouse, West Lothian[3] and represented Scotland at international level.[4]
In 1996, he partnered up with Alastair Gatt and formed a successful doubles team, winning their first Scottish National Badminton Championships in 1996.[5] The following year in 1997 he moved to Denmark for one year, in order to play badminton in Lillerød.[2]
Robertson represented the Scottish team[6] at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he competed in the badminton events.[7]
He was twice more doubles championships at the Scottish National Badminton Championships with Gatt in 2000 and 2001,[8] before once again partnering Gatt at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.[9] He also won a mixed team bronze medal at the Games.[10]
Robertson won three more national doubles titles with David Gilmour from 2004 to 2006.[8][5]