{{Short description|Scottish squash player (born 1974)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use British English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Stuart Cowie | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English/Scottish) | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|22 November 1974}} | birth_place = Croydon, England<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=GF9I6xy2uKcTDWNqDpHRvw&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=18 April 2026|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Squash | club = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{SCO}}}} {{MedalSport | Men's squash }} {{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }} {{MedalBronze | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | Doubles }} {{MedalCompetition|National Championships}} {{MedalGold|1996|singles}} }}
'''Stuart Robert Cowie''' (born 22 November 1974) is an English-born former professional squash player who represented Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.
== Biography == As a junior Cowie played for England and was ranked the number one U19 player in England and Europe.<ref name=TS>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19950921/499/0028 |title=Rule bars Cowie |work=The Scotsman |date=21 September 1995 |page=28 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=16 April 2026}}</ref> His mother Alex Cowie was the England women's team manager.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002133/19920603/315/0024 |title=Squash |work=Northampton Chronicle and Echo |date=3 June 1992 |page=24 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=16 April 2026}}</ref>
He switched allegiance and made his senior debut for Scotland at the European Championships in April 1995. He was able to play for Scotland because he had a father from Aberdeen.<ref name=TS/> Cowie won the Scottish national squash title in 1996.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19971222/332/0029 |title=Heath the younger wins a family final |work=The Scotsman |date=22 December 1997 |page=29 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=16 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005483/19961221/117/0046 |title=Second national title for Claire Waddell |work=Aberdeen Herald & Post |date=21 December 1996 |p=46|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 April 2026}}</ref>
Cowie represented the 1998 Scottish team<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12259279.drug-shame-lifter-in-team-picked-to-restore-the-nations-sporting-pride-honour-and-discredit-in-squad-for-the-games/|title=Drug shame lifter in team picked to restore the nation's sporting pride Honour and discredit in squad for the Games |work=The Herald |date=3 July 1998 |access-date=16 April 2026}}</ref> at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.teamscotland.scot/athletes/?by_games=2659 |title=Athletes |website=Team Scotland |access-date=16 April 2026}}</ref> where he competed in three events. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517094858/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/56/all |title=Scotland Kuala Lumpur 1998 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=16 April 2026}}</ref> He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles partnering Peter Nicol.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/court.htm#SQUASH |title=Commonwealth Games medallists - Court and Table Sports |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=15 April 2026}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.psa-squash.com/entry/ranking.php?player=T00107 Profile at psa-squash.com] * {{Squash Info|1171|Stuart Cowie}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cowie, Stuart}} Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:Scottish male squash players Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in squash Category:Squash players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
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