Dan Travers (also known as Daniel Travers; born 16 June 1956) is a British former

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player and National coach.

About

Travers was a bronze medalist at the 1981 World Games, losing out to Swedish pair in semifinals. Travers competed in three commonwealth games in 1978, 1986 & 1990. He was Commonwealth games champion of 1986 in men's doubles with

Billy Gilliland Billy Gilliland (born 27 March 1957) is a former badminton player from Scotland who excelled from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. Career Although he won the Scottish national singles title in 1979, the tall, angular Gilliland was a doub ...

, first ever player(s) in history of Scottish badminton to be a gold medalist. Until now, they remain only gold medalist from their country in badminton. They also reached career high of World no. 2 after their stellar display at the All England in 1982. In 1986 along with Billy Gilliland, they were awarded with BBC Scotland Sportsperson of the year. He became National coach of Scotland in 1997 and later president of BadmintonScotland and has coached players at many Commonwealth games & other championships, even playing competitive sport himself at the senior level. He is a numerous time European Senior Champion and World Senior Champion as well. Travers is married to Aileen Travers, a former international player.

Achievements

World Games

''Men's doubles''

Commonwealth Games

''Men's doubles''

European Championships

''Men's doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's doubles''

Open tournaments

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

IBF International

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Travers, Dan 1956 births Living people Scottish male badminton players Commonwealth Games gold medallists in badminton Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland Badminton players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games World Games medalists in badminton World Games bronze medalists for Great Britain Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 1981 World Games