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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 February 1971 [1] [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
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David Gilmour (born 9 February 1971) is a former international badminton player from Scotland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.
Gilmour born in 1971, and a production planner by profession, was based in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire [3] and represented Scotland at international level. [4]
After two seasons recovering from a serious injury, Gilmour returned to competition in late 1993, despite being told by doctors that he would not play at elite level again [5] and subsequently won the Scottish invitational singles, Dunfermline Open and East of Scotland Championships in January 1994. [6]
The following season in 1995, he went on to become the number 1 ranked player in Scotland [7] and in 1997 won the mixed doubles title with Elinor Middlemiss at the Scottish National Badminton Championships. [8]
Gilmour represented the Scottish team [9] at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he competed in the badminton events. [10]
He won four men's doubles championships with Craig Robertson and Andrew Bowman respectively at the Scottish National Badminton Championships. [11]
His niece is Scottish international badminton player Kirsty Gilmour. [12]
