Robert James Blair
Robert James Blair (born August 7, 1981 in Edinburgh ) is a Scottish badminton player who later started for England.
Career
His first successes were winning junior titles in singles, doubles and mixed in Scotland in 1997. In his career, he won the Bulgarian International , Austrian International , Scottish Open , Irish Open , Spanish International and Portugal International, among others . In Germany he was hired by EBT Berlin and was twice runner-up with the capital city team. At the 2004 Olympics, he was ninth.
successes
| season | event | discipline | space | Surname |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Scotland: Junior Championships | Mixed | 1 | Robert Blair / Helen Blair |
| 1997 | Scotland: Junior Championships | Men's doubles | 1 | Robert Blair / David Gordon |
| 1998 | Scotland: Junior Championships | Mixed | 1 | Robert Blair / Helen Blair |
| 1998 | Scotland: Junior Championships | Men's singles | 1 | Robert Blair |
| 1998 | Scotland: Junior Championships | Men's doubles | 1 | Robert Blair / Russel Hopkins |
| 1999 | Scotland: Junior Championships | Men's doubles | 1 | Robert Blair / Keith Paterson |
| 2000 | Scotland: Junior Championships | Men's singles | 1 | Robert Blair |
| 2000 | Scotland: Junior Championships | Mixed | 1 | Robert Blair / Fiona Sneddon |
| 2000 | Scotland: Junior Championships | Men's doubles | 1 | Ewan Alexander / Robert Blair |
| 2001 | Scottish Open | Mixed | 1 | Robert Blair / Natalie Munt |
| 2001 | Irish Open | Mixed | 1 | Robert Blair / Natalie Munt |
| 2001 | Irish Open | Men's doubles | 1 | Stephen Foster / Robert Blair |
| 2001 | Bulgarian International | Mixed | 1 | Robert Blair / Natalie Munt |
| 2002 | Irish Open | Men's doubles | 1 | Robert Blair / Ian Palethorpe |
| 2002 | China: International Championships | Mixed | 5 | Robert Blair / Natalie Munt |
| 2002 | Scottish Open | Mixed | 1 | Robert Blair / Natalie Munt |
| 2002 | Austrian International | Men's doubles | 1 | James Anderson / Robert Blair |
| 2003 | Spanish International | Mixed | 1 | Robert Blair / Natalie Munt |
| 2004 | Portugal International | Men's doubles | 1 | Simon Archer / Robert Blair |
| 2004/2005 | German team championship | team | 2 | SG EBT Berlin ( Xuan Chuan , Robert Blair, Conrad Hückstädt , Kasperi Salo , Christian Haustveit , Tim Dettmann , Fabian Zilm , Nicole Grether , Joanne Nicholas ) |
| 2005 | Greece International | Men's doubles | 1 | Anthony Clark / Robert Blair |
| 2005 | Hong Kong Open | Men's doubles | 3 | Anthony Clark / Robert Blair |
| 2005/2006 | German team championship | team | 2 | SG EBT Berlin (Xuan Chuan, Robert Blair, Tim Dettmann, Fredrik Bergström , Conrad Hückstedt, Kasperi Salo, Nicole Grether, Juliane Schenk ) |
| 2006 | Dutch Open | Mixed | 1 | Robert Blair / Jenny Wallwork |
| 2006 | England: Individual Championships | Men's doubles | 1 | Robert Blair / Anthony Clark |
| 2007 | England: Individual Championships | Men's doubles | 1 | Robert Blair / Anthony Clark |
| 2007 | Scottish Open | Mixed | 1 | Robert Blair / Imogen Banker |
| 2007 | Scottish Open | Men's doubles | 1 | Robert Blair / Sun Jun |
| 2011 | German Open | Mixed | 1 | Robert Blair / Gabrielle White |
| 2012 | Bulgarian International | Men's doubles | 1 | Robert Blair / Tan Bin Shen |
| 2013 | Bulgarian International | Mixed | 1 | Robert Blair / Imogen Banker |
| 2014 | German Open | Mixed | 1 | Robert Blair / Imogen Banker |
| 2014 | Spanish International | Mixed | 1 | Robert Blair / Imogen Banker |
Web links
Commons : Robert Blair - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- English Association statistics
- Robert James Blair in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blair, Robert James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blair, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish badminton player, later starting for England |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th August 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edinburgh |