Billy Gilliland

Billy Gilliland
Personal information
Country	Scotland
Born	(1957-03-27) 27 March 1957 Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Medal record Men's badminton Representing Great Britain World Games 1981 Santa Clara Men's doubles Representing Scotland Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh Men's doubles 1978 Edmonton Mixed doubles 1986 Edinburgh Mixed doubles European Championships 1984 Preston Men's doubles 1978 Preston Mixed doubles 1980 Groningen Mixed doubles

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 doubles specialist at the international level with his greatest success coming in mixed doubles. Gilliland won mixed doubles at the prestigious All-England Championships with England's Nora Perry in 1985. He had previously reached the All-England final in both men's doubles and mixed doubles in 1982. He was a mixed doubles bronze medalist at the 1977 IBF World Championships with Joanna Flockhart. Though he won numerous tournaments abroad, perhaps Gilliland's most impressive badminton accomplishment was sharing twelve consecutive Scottish national mixed doubles titles equally with two partners, between 1976 and 1987. With regular partner Dan Travers, he won nine Scottish national men's doubles titles during that period, and men's doubles at the Commonwealth Games in 1986. He now coaches badminton in a badminton academy.

Achievements

World Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States	Dan Travers	Thomas Kihlström Stefan Karlsson	15–10, 0–15, 9–15	Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

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

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1984	Dutch Open	Dipak Tailor	Michael Kjeldsen Mark Christiansen	9–15, 15–7, 17–18	Runner-up
1984	Canada Open	Dan Travers	Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek	11–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1985	Canada Open	Dan Travers	Jens Peter Nierhoff Henrik Svarrer	12–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1985	Scottish Open	Dan Travers	Michael Kjeldsen Mark Christiansen	2–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1986	Dutch Open	Dan Travers	He Xiangyang Tang Hai	13–18, 9–15	Runner-up
1986	Scottish Open	Dan Travers	Jesper Knudsen Henrik Svarrer	10–15, 10–15	Runner-up

External links

• Billy Gilliland at the World Games
• Billy Gilliland at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)