Gillian Martin (badminton)

Martin gained a sports scholarship at the University of Stirling.^[2] She was based in Brookfield, Renfrewshire^[3] and represented Scotland at international level.^[4]

Martin became the Scottish number 1 ranked player^[5] and in 1988 won her first singles titles at the Scottish National Badminton Championships at the age of 24.^[6]

Martin represented the Scottish team^[7] at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand, where she competed in the badminton events.^[8]

At the end of 1994 she was still a leading player in Scotland, winning the West of Scotland Open and the Scottish invitational singles and was undefeated against any other Scottish player that year.^[9] She also went on to win two more national singles titles in 1998 and 1999.^[10][11]

Martin went to a second Commonwealth Games in 1998.^[12]