Alastair Gatt

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Alastair Gatt
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born3 March 1966[1]
Sport
SportBadminton
ClubEdinburgh
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place2002 ManchesterMixed team
Scottish Nationals
Gold medal – first place1996, 2000, 01, 03doubles
Scottish Open
Gold medal – first place2000Doubles

Alastair Morrison Gatt (born 3 March 1966) is a former international badminton player from Scotland who competed at two Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Gatt born in 1966, was from Aberdeen and was a solicitor by profession.[2] He represented Scotland at international level[3] and attended his first major tournament for his nation at the 1992 Thomas Cup.[4]

In 1992 he formed a new doubles partnership with Gordon Haldane[5] and two years later in 1994 doubled up with Russell Hogg.[6] In 1996, he partnered up with Craig Robertson and it was this doubles team that gained success, winning their first Scottish National Badminton Championships in 1996.[7]

Gatt subsequently represented the Scottish team[8] at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he competed in the badminton events.[9][10]

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games he once again partnered Craig Robertson in the doubles[11] and won a mixed team bronze medal.[12]

He won three more doubles titles (two with Robertson) at the National Badminton Championships in 2000, 2001 and 2003.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Travers makes troops suffer". Edinburgh Evening News. 10 June 2000. p. 56. Retrieved 19 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Aberdonian Alastair Gatt". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 26 January 1994. p. 28. Retrieved 19 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Place for Gatt". Aberdeen Evening Express. 16 February 1994. p. 18. Retrieved 19 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "In Brief". Edinburgh Evening News. 4 February 1992. p. 17. Retrieved 19 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Highlight for city players". Aberdeen Evening Express. 11 April 1992. p. 6. Retrieved 19 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Stiff task for Hogg in cup warm up". Dundee Courier. 16 February 1994. p. 18. Retrieved 19 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Scottish National Championships". Badminton Scotland. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "Scotland Kuala Lumpur 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  10. ↑ "Athletes' Profile: Badminton". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  11. ↑ "Gatt for Games". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 7 June 2002. p. 70. Retrieved 20 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists Badminton". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  13. ↑ "Scotland". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 21 January 2026.