Michael Scandolera

{{Short description|Australian badminton player}}

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|19 August 1959}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's badminton }}

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{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1986 Glasgow | Mixed doubles }}

{{MedalBronze | 1986 Glasgow | Mixed team }}

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Michael George "Mike" Scandolera (born 19 August 1959{{cite web|url=http://www.commonwealthgames.com.au/results/person/S.htm|title=Commonwealth Games Results|accessdate=4 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904230947/http://www.commonwealthgames.com.au/results/person/S.htm|archive-date=4 September 2014|url-status=dead}}) is an Australian badminton player.

Scandolera took part in the 1989 Badminton World Championships. He achieved a world ranking of 17 in the men's doubles and 65 in the men's singles. At the 1986 Commonwealth Games he won the bronze medal with the Australian team and the gold medal in the mixed doubles with Audrey Tuckey.{{cite news |title=Badminton's blast from the past |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/hi/badminton/newsid_1948000/1948521.stm |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=8 June 2017}} Four years earlier he won another bronze medal with the Australian team at the Commonwealth Games. This was the first ever gold medal won in Australian Badminton History.