Kirsteen McEwan

Kirsteen Fiona McEwan-Miller née McEwan (born 20 November 1975) is a retired badminton player from Scotland. She reached a career high as world number 8 and has a number of titles to her name and competed at three Commonwealth Games.

Biography McEwan represented the Scottish team at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she competed in the badminton events.

McEwan represented the Scottish team again at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, where he competed in the badminton events, winning a bronze medal as part of the mixed team.

McEwan married in 2004 and played under the name of Kirsteen McEwan-Miller thereafter. As McEwan-Miller she attended a third Commonwealth Games in 2006 in Melbourne, competing in the mixed doubles.

She was five-times doubles champion and seven-times mixed doubles champion at the Scottish National Badminton Championships.

Her mother, Fiona McEwan, was a former Badminton Scotland president, and Commonwealth Games Scotland vice-chair. His brother-in-law, Craig Robertson, also a former Scottish national badminton player.

Achievements

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

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1998 U.S. Open Elinor Middlemiss Milaine Cloutier Robbyn Hermitage 7–15, 15–5, 15–2 Winner

IBF International Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2002 Iceland International Yuan Wemyss Katrin Atladóttir Drifa Hardardóttir 11–3, 11–4 Winner 2002 Scottish International Yuan Wemyss Nicole Grether Juliane Schenk Walkover Winner 2002 Slovak International Yuan Wemyss Natalia Gorodnicheva Elena Sukhareva 11–5, 11–5 Winner 2001 Scottish International Susan Hughes Sandra Watt Yuan Wemyss 4–7, 0–7, 8–6, 0–7 Runner-up 1999 Austrian International Sandra Watt Ginny Severien Melissa Trouerbach 15–9, 15–10 Winner 1999 La Chaux-de-Fonds International Sandra Watt Lonneke Janssen Erica van den Heuvel 10–15, 6–15 Runner-up 1997 Mauritius International Wendy Taylor Meagen Burnett Michelle Edwards 15–5, 15–10 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2005 Irish International Andrew Bowman Roman Spitko Carina Mette 15–10, 7–15, 0–15 Runner-up 2005 Spanish International Andrew Bowman Jean-Michel Lefort Ella Karachkova 3–15, 9–15 Runner-up 2002 Spanish International Graeme Smith José Antonio Crespo Dolores Marco 7–2, 7–8, 8–6, 2–7, 7–1 Winner 2002 Croatian International Russell Hogg Travis Denney Kate Wilson-Smith 7–3, 8–6, 7–2 Winner 2001 Slovenian International Russell Hogg Nikolai Zuyev Marina Yakusheva 5–7, 3–7, 2–7 Runner-up 2000 Irish International Russell Hogg Graham Hurrell Sara Hardaker 15–9, 15–8 Winner 2000 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Russell Hogg Björn Siegemund Nicol Pitro 5–15, 11–15 Runner-up 2000 Slovenian International Russell Hogg Mathias Boe Britta Andersen 9–15, 3–15 Runner-up 1999 Austrian International Kenny Middlemiss Andrej Pohar Maja Pohar 15–12, 15–11 Winner 1997 Mauritius International Peter Jeffrey Graham Hurrell Wendy Taylor 15–6, 15–5 Winner