Robert Blair (born 7 August 1981) is a male badminton player from Great Britain. 2006 WC MD RUNNER-UP! My personal details Date of Birth: 7 August 1981 Place of Birth: Edinburgh Living: Milton Keynes Right/Left hand: Right Height: 6ft 1in Racket: Yonex, Armortec 700 Sponsors: Yonex, Rapid Repairs Highest world ranking: 6 Mixed Doubles, 14 Mens Doubles Highest national ranking: 2 Mixed Doubles, 1 Mens Doubles About me on court Event(s): Mens and Mixed Doubles Partner(s): Natalie Munt & Anthony Clark Coach(es): Julian Robertson County/Team: Buckinghamshire Started badminton at age: 8 How I got started: My mum coached badminton Ambition as badminton player: Olympic medal First represented England: -v- Nigeria in the 2002 Commonwealth Games Season’s best performance: Semi-final Hong Kong 2005. Greece Open 2005 winner Best performance of career: World championship men's doubles runner-up in Madrid 2006 with Anthony Clark. Indonesia Open Finalist Mixed 2004 Major national achievements: English Nationals Final Mixed & Mens Doubles 2005 Major international achievements: Bulgarian Open 2001, Scottish Open 2001/02, Irish Open 2001/02, Austrian Open 2002, Portuguese Open Mens Doubles 2004, Greece Open 2005 Mens Doubles Member of silver-medal winning team at 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and won men's doubles bronze with Anthony Clark. Biggest disappointment: Losing to Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng (China), All England 2005 Favourite tournament: ALL ENGLAND Toughest opponent: Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng, China Best friend on the circuit: Nathan Rice The one change I would make to improve my sport: More money and more TV coverage. Cheerleaders would be nice! About me off court My occupation/ professional qualification: Badminton Player Significant others: None My hobbies/ pets: Golf My car: Clio Most embarrassing happening: Wearing shorts back to front in English Nationals semi-final 2003 Favourite food: Chinese – aromatic duck Favourite city or country: Singapore Favourite holiday destination: Spain Superstition: None If not badminton, then I would be Anything not in an office! My personality in a nutshell: Laidback, quiet http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/show_player.asp?itemID=9
Anthony Clark and DonnaKellogg! My personal details Date of Birth: 1st November 1977 Place of Birth: Derby Living: Leicestershire Right/Left hand: Left Height: 5ft 8in Racket: Carlton Sponsors: Carlton, Hi Tec, Highest world ranking: 6 Highest national ranking: 1 About me on court Event(s): Mens Doubles, Mixed Doubles Partner(s): Robert Blair / Donna Kellogg Coach(es): Julian Robertson / Peter Jeffrey County/Team: Nottinghamshire Started badminton at age: 12 How I got started: Dad was a very good player Ambition as badminton player: To be as good as Rexy First represented England: 1998. 49 England caps Season’s best performance: World championship runner-up in men's doubles with Robert Blair and runner-up in mixed with Donna Kellogg. Final of German Open 2006, S/F of Swiss 2006, S/F of Hong Kong 2005. Best performance of career: Beating Sigit and Wijaya 15-9, 15-2 and beating Gao Ling and Zang Jun in China. National results: Three times National champion with Nathan Robertson up to 2004; 2005 champion with Simon Archer Major national achievements: National Junior Champion and Senior National Champion (x4) Major international achievements: 2x European silver medal (with Nathan Robertson), 2 Commonwealth bronze medals. Member of silver-medal winning 2006 Commonwealth Games team, another bronze in men's doubles with Robert Blair. Biggest disappointment: Not winning golds at the Commonwealth Games individuals Favourite tournament: Commonwealth Games European Championships Toughest opponent: Jens Eriksen Best friend on the circuit: Peter Jeffrey (cause he says so!) The one change I would make to improve my sport: To have a separate tour for men and women (as in tennis) About me off court My occupation/ professional qualification: Badminton player When not playing: I spend time at home with my wife Emma, daughter Mia (4) and Rowan (2 1/2). My car: Rover streetwise and Ford Mondeo Favourite city or country: England Favourite holiday destination: Anywhere as long as it is hot Superstition: Don’t have any If not badminton, then I would be a cricketer (once knocked Andrew Flintoff’s middle stump out of the ground) In 10 years time: I'd like to still be involved in badminton. We need to see better younger players coming through
Yeah i agree.. he is a nice chap. Both plays well actually. But lacks in maturity in the game compare to the others.
thanks seawell yeah Robert is young did he shave his hair nice to hear that his favourite food is Chinese lol
Eriksen said that his best friend on the circuit is Anthny Clark, but Clark says he's the toughest opponent. Weird. Anyway, I think that it was just luck that they got a medal in the WC2006.They didn't have many tough opponents, just the Indonesians and the former world champs. Paaske and Rasmussen haven't played together for a long time then.