{{Short description|Scottish international badminton player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Use British English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Alison Fulton | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (Scottish) | birth_date = born c.1957<ref name=DC>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19860728/149/0011 |title=Tragic injury deprives Scots of a medal |work=Dundee Courier |date=28 July 1986 |p=11 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=19 January 2026}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Badminton | club = Guildford | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{SCO}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Scottish National Badminton Championships|Scottish Nationals]]}} {{MedalGold|1983–84|singles}} {{MedalGold|1981–84|doubles}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Scottish Open (badminton)|Scottish Open]]}} {{MedalGold|1984|doubles}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Irish Open (badminton)|Irish Open]]}} {{MedalGold|1982|doubles}} }}
'''Alison Fulton''' (born c.1957) is a former international [[badminton]] player from Scotland who competed at two [[Commonwealth Games]].
== Biography == Fulton was based in [[Guildford]], England<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000446/19830118/151/0007 |title=Badminton |work=Inverness Courier |date=18 January 1983 |p=7 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=19 January 2026}}</ref> but represented Scotland at international level.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19840208/259/0017 |title=Fulton in to face the Irish |work=The Scotsman |date=8 February 1984 |p=17 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=19 January 2026}}</ref> In 1984 she became the first Scotthish player for 19 years to win a title at the Scottish International Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19840130/212/0013 |title=A title and £205 for Alison Fulton |work=The Scotsman |date=30 January 1984 |p=13 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=19 January 2026}}</ref>
Fulton represented the [[Scotland at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|Scottish team]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19820816/411/0016 |title=Scots pick 100 for Australia |work=Belfast Telegraph |p=16 |date=16 August 1982 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2026}}</ref> at the [[1982 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Brisbane]], Australia, where she competed in the [[Badminton at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|badminton events]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3040/56/all |title=Scotland Brisbane 1982 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=20 January 2026 |archive-date=27 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927015047/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3040/56/all |url-status=dead }}</ref> Four years later, she was denied an almost certain team bronze medal at the [[1986 Commonwealth Games]], when in the third team match (her doubles) she sustained a leg injury and was carried off the court with Scotland leading Australia 2–0.<ref name=DC/>
She was the six-times champion at the [[Scottish National Badminton Championships]], twice in the singles in 1983 and 1984 and four times in the doubles from 1981 to 1984.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://badmintonscotland.org.uk/previous-winners/ |title=Scottish National Championships |website=Badminton Scotland |access-date=20 January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://badmintoneurope.com/documents/88619/0/SCOTLAND.pdf/b590a77f-ae35-bb67-e630-384e72f67547 |title=Scotland |website=Badminton Europe |access-date=20 January 2026}}</ref>
Additionally, she was the doubles champion at the [[Scottish Open (badminton)|Scottish Open]] and [[Irish Open (badminton)|Irish Opens]]. In 1986 she represented her nation at the European Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19860312/169/0013 |title=Badminton |work=Dundee Courier |date=12 March 1986 |p=13 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=14 January 2026}}</ref>
In 1990, she was working as the Scottish national U18 coach<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005353/19900622/665/0059 |title=Locals lined up for Spanish date |work=Ulster Star |date=22 June 1990 |p=59 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=19 January 2026}}</ref> and in 1992 became the first woman to take the position of head coach at the European Badminton Union's summer school in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19920611/421/0020 |title=Badminton |work=Dundee Courier |date=11 June 1992 |p=20 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=19 January 2026}}</ref>
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