Stuart Cowie

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Stuart Cowie

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As a junior Cowie played for England and was ranked the number one U19 player in England and Europe.{{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}} His mother [[Alex Cowie]] was the England women's team manager.{{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}}
As a junior Cowie played for England and was ranked the number one U19 player in England and Europe.{{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}} His mother [[Alex Cowie]] was the England women's team manager.{{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}}


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. Cowie won the [[Scottish National Squash Championships|Scottish national squash title]] in 1996.{{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}}
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. Cowie won the [[Scottish National Squash Championships|Scottish national squash title]] in 1996.{{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}}{{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}}


Cowie represented the [[Scotland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Scottish team]]{{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}} at the [[1998 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia,{{cite web |url=https://www.teamscotland.scot/athletes/?by_games=2659 |title=Athletes |website=Team Scotland |access-date=16 April 2026}} where he competed in [[Squash at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|three events]]. {{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}} He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles partnering [[Peter Nicol]].{{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}}
Cowie represented the [[Scotland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Scottish team]]{{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}} at the [[1998 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia,{{cite web |url=https://www.teamscotland.scot/athletes/?by_games=2659 |title=Athletes |website=Team Scotland |access-date=16 April 2026}} where he competed in [[Squash at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|three events]]. {{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}} He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles partnering [[Peter Nicol]].{{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}}
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