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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||
| Born | c.1972[1] | ||||||||
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| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||
| Club | Glasgow | ||||||||
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Alexis Blanchflower (born c. 1972) is a former international badminton player from Scotland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography
[edit]Blanchflower was based in Glasgow[2] and represented Scotland at international level.[3]
Blanchflower specialised in doubles and in October 1990 was ranked number 3 in doubles in Scotland, with Aileen Nairn[4] and in 1991 won the Scottish U21 title.[5]
By the end of 1991 she was described as one of the best young females coming through[6] but forged a career in doubles rather than singles, representing her nation at the Sudirman Cup.[7]
A lecturer by profession at Bell College in Hamilton, she won the 1997 Portugal International. [1]
Blanchflower represented the Scottish team[8] at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she competed in the badminton events.[9][10]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Promotion is name of the game as Scots hit a high". Herald Scotland. 26 May 1997. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ "Success breeds success!". Forfar Dispatch. 10 January 1991. p. 15. Retrieved 21 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Scots stay unbeaten". The Scotsman. 19 January 1991. p. 22. Retrieved 21 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Flockhart tops rankings". Dundee Courier. 16 October 1990. p. 15. Retrieved 21 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Under 21". Edinburgh Evening News. 15 October 1992. p. 18. Retrieved 21 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Badminton". The Scotsman. 18 December 1991. p. 23. Retrieved 21 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Bold move". The Scotsman. 24 May 1997. p. 32. Retrieved 21 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Drug shame lifter in team picked to restore the nation's sporting pride Honour and discredit in squad for the Games". The Herald. 3 July 1998. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ "Scotland Kuala Lumpur 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Athletes' Profile: Badminton". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2026.