Susan Egelstaff (born 12 October 1982; née Hughes) is a Scottish

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player. Egelstaff won team bronze at the

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, took women's singles bronze four years later in

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, and finished fourth in the singles in

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. In 2012, she competed for

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at the

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. She failed to progress past the group stage, beating

Maja Tvrdy Maja Tvrdy (born 20 November 1983) is a Slovenian badminton player. She competed for Slovenia at the 2012 Summer Olympics.Sayaka Sato is a Japanese badminton player. She competed for Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Achievements BWF World Junior Championships ''Girls' singles'' BWF Superseries The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 200 ...

in three games. As of 2023, she is a sports writer for '' The Herald.''

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

''Women's singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament

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