Helen Troke

Helen Troke
Personal information
Full nameHelen Suzanne Troke
CountryEngland
Born (1964-11-07) 7 November 1964
Southampton, England[1]
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  England
World Championships
1983 Copenhagen Women's singles
Uber Cup
1984 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
Commonwealth Games
1982 Brisbane Women's singles
1982 Brisbane team event
1986 Edinburgh Women's singles
1986 Edinburgh team event
1990 Auckland team event
1986 Edinburgh Women's doubles
1990 Auckland Women's singles
European Championships
1982 Böblingen Mixed team
1984 Preston Mixed team
1984 Preston Women's singles
1986 Uppsala Women's singles
1986 Uppsala Mixed team
1988 Kristiansand Mixed team
1990 Moscow Mixed team
1990 Moscow Women's singles
European Junior Championships
1981 Edinburgh Women's singles
1983 Helsinki Women's singles
1983 Helsinki Mixed team
1981 Edinburgh Mixed team

Helen Suzanne Troke (born 7 November 1964) MBE, is an English retired badminton player.

Career

She won the bronze medal at the 1983 IBF World Championships in women's singles. From 1982 to 1986 she won two singles and three team titles at the European championships.

She represented England and won double gold in the team event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[2][3]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1983 Brøndbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark Li Lingwei 10–12, 6–11 Bronze

Commonwealth Games

Women's singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1982 Edmonton, Brisbane, Australia Sally Podger 4–11, 11–3, 11–5 Gold
1986 Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland Fiona Elliott 11–4, 11–4 Gold
1990 Auckland Badminton Hall,
Auckland, New Zealand 		Deepti Thanekar 11–0, 11–0 Bronze
Women's doubles
Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1986 Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland Fiona Elliott Claire Backhouse-Sharpe
Linda Cloutier 		15–8, 15–11 Bronze

European Championships

Women's singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1984 Guild Hall, Preston, England Sally Podger 11–5, 11–2 Gold
1986 Uppsala, Sweden Kirsten Larsen 9–12, 11–3, 11–2 Gold
1990 Minor Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium,
Moscow, Soviet Union 		Pernille Nedergaard 2–11, 6–11 Bronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1981 Meadowbank Sports Centre,
Edinburgh, Scotland 		Nettie Nielsen 8–11, 12–9, 11–6 Gold
1983 Helsinki,
Finland 		Christine Magnusson 11–5, 12–10 Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles
Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1983 Swedish Open Jane Webster 11–2, 11–5 Winner
1984 German Open Karen Beckman 12–9, 10–12, 6–11 Runner-up
1984 Thailand Open Kirsten Larsen 11–5, 11–8 Winner
1984 Dutch Open Kirsten Larsen 4–11, 11–7, 12–10 Winner
1984 Chinese Taipei Open Ivana Lie 11–12, 9–11 Runner-up
1984 Denmark Open Zheng Yuli 6–11, 7–11 Runner-up
1985 India Open Kirsten Larsen 11–8, 11–8 Winner
1985 Malaysia Open Gillian Gowers Walkover Runner-up
1985 Chinese Taipei Open Kirsten Larsen 11–5, 11–2 Winner
1986 German Open Kim Yun-ja 1–11, 11–8, 10–12 Runner-up
1986 Indonesia Open Shi Wen 11–6, 9–11, 9–11 Runner-up
1986 Dutch Open Xiao Jie 6–11, 11–3, 6–11 Runner-up
1986 Chinese Taipei Open Kirsten Larsen 12–11, 6–11, 4–11 Runner-up
1987 Chinese Taipei Open Kirsten Larsen 4–11, 11–5, 1–11 Runner-up
1988 Poona Open Christine Magnusson 12–11, 4–11, 4–11 Runner-up
1989 German Open Pernille Nedergaard 4–11, 11–8, 11–7 Winner
1990 Scottish Open Eline Coene 11–3, 11–0 Winner
1991 Finnish Open Tang Jiuhong 7–11, 8–11 Runner-up
Women's doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1984 Thailand Open Gillian Gowers Gillian Gilks
Karen Beckman 		16–18, 18–17, 9–15 Runner-up
1986 Dutch Open Gillian Gowers Eline Coene
Erica van Dijck 		18–15, 15–9 Winner
1987 Scottish Open Gillian Gowers Fiona Elliott
Sara Halsall 		11–15, 15–3, 15–12 Winner

Open tournaments

Women's singles
Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1981 Irish Open Diane Underwood 11–2, 12–11 Winner
1982 Scottish Open Lene Køppen 8–11, 4–11 Runner-up
Women's doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1982 Scottish Open Barbara Sutton Gillian Clark
Gillian Gilks 		3–15, 8–15 Runner-up

IBF International

Women's singles
Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1980 Hungarian International Diane Simpson 11–4, 11–0 Winner
1983 English Masters Chen Ruizhen 9–12, 12–11, 1–11 Runner-up
1984 English Masters Kirsten Larsen 1–11, 10–12 Runner-up
1987 Bell's Open Fiona Elliott 4–11, 10–12 Runner-up
1992 Amor International Elena Rybkina 11–7, 2–11, 4–11 Runner-up
Women's doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1980 Hungarian International Diane Simpson Angela Michalowski
Monika Cassens 		7–15, 0–15 Runner-up
1983 German Open Karen Chapman Shigemi Kawamura
Sumiko Kitada 		10–15, 4–15 Runner-up
1983 Dutch Masters Gillian Gilks Ivana Lie
Rosiana Tendean 		15–11, 8–15, 12–15 Runner-up
1983 Welsh International Karen Chapman Gillian Gilks
Paula Kilvington 		15–8, 11–15, 15–9 Winner
1984 Welsh International Gillian Gilks Karen Beckman
Karen Chapman 		17–14, 15–8 Winner
1984 Bell's Open Gillian Gowers Karen Chapman
Sally Podger 		15–6, 3–15, 18–14 Winner
1986 Bell's Open Fiona Elliott Karen Beckman
Sara Halsall 		0–15, 9–15 Runner-up
Mixed doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1986 Bell's Open Billy Gilliland Andy Goode
Fiona Elliott 		15–4, 11–15, 15–17 Runner-up

References

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Helen Troke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

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