Jim Ansari
Scottish international badminton player
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Jim Ansari is a former international badminton player from Scotland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Glasgow BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Ansari was a Scottish international[1] and in 1976 was playing out of Kilwinning,[2]
Ansari represented the Scottish team[3] at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand,[4] where he competed in the badminton events.[5]
He formed a successful doubles partnership with John Britton[6] and was twice doubles champion at the Scottish National Badminton Championships in 1975 and 1976.[7][8] Additionally, he won the doubles at the Scottish Open and the Irish Open.
In 1979 he was also playing in the German leagues for Wolfsburg[9] and in 1983 he represented the East.[10]