Robert Blair (born 7 August 1981) is a Scottish badminton player.

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Robert Blair
Personal information
Country	Scotland
Born	(1981-08-07) 7 August 1981 (age 42) Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Handedness	Right
Mixed & men's doubles
Highest ranking	6 (in XD) 4 (in MD)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Scotland Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Mixed doubles Representing  England World Championships 2006 Madrid Men's doubles Sudirman Cup 2007 Glasgow Mixed team European Mixed Team Championships 2009 Liverpool Mixed team European Men's Team Championships 2008 Almere Men's team 2006 Thessalonica Men's team Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Mixed team 2006 Melbourne Men's doubles
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Blair was born in Scotland, but after attending Loughborough University in Leicestershire, he competed for England from 2001 until 2010, except at the Olympic Games, where Scotland and England are both parts of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team. His main motivation for changing nation was the prospect of medals at the Commonwealth Games.

On 16 December 2010 Badminton England and Badminton Scotland announced that Blair would be returning to Scotland.^[1][2] The reason(s) for Blair's return to Scotland remain unclear, but reports suggest a falling-out with members of the Badminton England setup was central to the decision.^[3][4][5]

Blair competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Natalie Munt. They defeated Tadashi Ohtsuka and Shizuka Yamamoto of Japan in the first round but lost to Nova Widianto and Vita Marissa of Indonesia in the round of 16.

Blair reached the men's doubles final at the 2006 IBF World Championships together with Anthony Clark, losing the final against Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng.

Mixed Doubles results with Gabrielle White against Super Series finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.^[6]