Russell Hogg

Russell Hogg (1 July 1968 – 17 September 2012) was a Scottish badminton player. He reached a career high as world number 8 and has a number of titles to his name. Hogg competed at the 1994, 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games, and won a mixed team bronze in 2002.

Russell Hogg
Personal information
Country	Scotland
Born	(1968-07-01)1 July 1968 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Died	17 September 2012(2012-09-17) (aged 44)
Height	1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Retired	in 2003
Handedness	Right
Coach	Dan Travers
Doubles
Highest ranking	8 (Mixed doubles) 17 (Men's doubles)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing Scotland Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester Mixed team
BWF profile

About

Dunfermline-born Hogg started playing badminton with the age 10. His father Harry Hogg was the Defence of Ministry worker. Hogg spent two years in Mauritius and after that he studied in St Leonard's Primary, Dunfermline, where his mother Moira was a teacher. It was his father, also a badminton coach, who introduced him to the sport. Hogg was exceptionally hard-working, developing his game at Alloa Badminton Club to win European gold medal in the under-14 category. Although he played badminton, he was an enthusiastic cricket player too. He had represented Scotland's under-16s and served as captain of Fife County Cricket Club for a season. Hogg finally found his way into the badminton and began developing his game to be the country's elite doubles player. He won Scottish national junior championships for 5 times. He left school around 1986 to work in administration with the Ministry of Defence at Rosyth Dockyard and it was the same time that he made his Scotland debut. Between 1988 and 2002 he won the National men's doubles championships for 10 times, eight of them with Kenny Middlemiss. He also won the mixed doubles title twice with Kirsteen McEwan. On the world tournament circuit he reached a career best of No. 8 in mixed doubles and No. 17 in men's doubles. After retiring from playing career he worked for North Ayrshire Leisure as badminton development manager before joining the Badminton Scotland staff in November 2004 as national development manager. His wife Julie Hogg whom he met while he was 12 was also the badminton player. Hogg was third most-capped player in the country, with 117 appearances, and had the hands-on experience that also made him a respected coach and mentor. He mentored the Scottish team in the 2012 Olympic Games. Hogg died on 17 September 2012, aged 44, due to skin cancer.

Achievements

IBF International

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Irish International	Anthony Gallagher	Kenny Middlemiss Dan Travers	6–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1990	Gibraltar International	Ian Teasdale	Ricardo Fernandes Jose Sim Sim	15–2, 15–5	Winner
1992	Gibraltar International	Richard Outterside	–, –	–, –	Winner
1992	Iceland International	Kenny Middlemiss	Simon Archer Julian Robertson	9–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1992	Amor International	Kenny Middlemiss	Broddi Kristjánsson Árni Þór Hallgrímson	15–4, 15–12	Winner
1993	Gibraltar International	Paul Hutchinson	Kelvin Edwards Paul Ruthven	15–5, 7–15, 15–1	Winner
1997	Portugal International	Kenny Middlemiss	Hugo Rodrigues Fernando Silva	Walkover	Runner-up
1997	Slovenian International	Kenny Middlemiss	Harald Koch Jürgen Koch	18–14, 15–5	Winner
1999	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Kenny Middlemiss	Aras Razak Henrik Sørensen	10–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1999	Scottish International	Kenny Middlemiss	Michael Lamp Jonas Rasmussen	8–15, 11–15	Runner-up
2000	New Zealand International	Robert Blair	John Gordon Daniel Shirley	16–17, 7–15	Runner-up
2000	Irish International	Robert Blair	Alastair Gatt Craig Robertson	15–12, 12–15, 5–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Gibraltar International	J Steen	Ian Teasdale R. Ambrose	12–15, 15–9, 7–15	Runner-up
1993	Gibraltar International	Julie Hogg	Paul Steel Sue Tromp	15–10, 15–7	Winner
1997	Portugal International	Karen Peatfield	Kenny Middlemiss Elinor Middlemiss	Walkover	Winner
1997	Slovenian International	Jillian Haldane	Kenny Middlemiss Elinor Middlemiss	10–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1997	Scottish International	Tracy Dineen	Lars Paaske Jane F. Bramsen	6–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1998	Irish International	Alexis Barlow	Ruud Kuijten Manon Albinus	7–15, 9–15	Runner-up
2000	Slovenian International	Kirsteen McEwan	Mathias Boe Britta Andersen	9–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2000	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Kirsteen McEwan	Björn Siegemund Nicol Pitro	5–15, 11–15	Runner-up
2000	Irish Open	Kirsteen McEwan	Graham Hurrell Sara Hardaker	15–9, 15–8	Winner
2001	Slovenian International	Kirsteen McEwan	Nikolai Zuyev Marina Yakusheva	5–7, 3–7, 2–7	Runner-up
2002	Croatian International	Kirsteen McEwan	Travis Denney Kate Wilson-Smith	7–3, 8–6, 7–2	Winner

External links

• Russell Hogg at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Russell Hogg at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)