Susan Egelstaff

Personal information

Birth name

Susan Hughes

Country

Scotland

Born

12 October 1982 (age 41)
Glasgow, Scotland

Height

1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Weight

62 kg (137 lb)

Handedness

Right

Women's singles

Highest ranking

27 (19 August 2010)

Medal record

Susan Egelstaff (born 12 October 1982; née Hughes) is a Scottish badminton player.^[1] Egelstaff won team bronze at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, took women's singles bronze four years later in Melbourne, and finished fourth in the singles in Delhi.^[2] In 2012, she competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[3] She failed to progress past the group stage, beating Maja Tvrdy but losing to the 12th seed Sayaka Sato in three games.^[4]

As of 2023, she is a sports writer for The Herald.^[5]

Achievements

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Elizabeth Cann	21–5, 13–21, 21–19	Bronze

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Kharkiv International	Olga Konon	9–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2011	Dutch International	Michelle Li	21–18, 13–21, 21–15	Winner
2010	Irish International	Karina Jørgensen	23–21, 21–8	Winner
2010	European Circuit Finals	Ella Diehl	22–20, 13–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2009	Scotland International	Ella Diehl	21–18, 21–10	Winner
2008	Bulgarian International	Petya Nedelcheva	11–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2008	Belgian International	Juliane Schenk	12–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2008	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Olga Konon	18–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2006	Irish International	Sara Persson	19–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2006	Iceland International	Ragna Ingólfsdóttir	14–21, 21–11, 12–21	Runner-up
2005	Czech International	Tine Høy	11–4, 11–8	Winner
2005	Finnish International	Yuan Wemyss	11–8, 11–9	Winner
2004	Iceland International	Yuan Wemyss	11–7, 11–2	Winner
2004	Bulgarian International	Elizabeth Cann	13–11, 1–11, 5–11	Runner-up
2004	Welsh International	Petya Nedelcheva	9–11, 8–11	Runner-up
2003	Hungarian International	Ha Jung-eun	11–4, 11–4	Winner
2003	Welsh International	Ella Karachkova	6–11, 5–11	Runner-up
2003	Bulgarian International	Petya Nedelcheva	0–11, 0–11	Runner-up
2002	Iceland International	Petya Nedelcheva	3–11, 3–11	Runner-up
2000	Slovenian International	Anne Marie Pedersen	7–11, 11–7, 10–13	Runner-up