Gillian Gilks
Gillian Gilks | |
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Personal information | |
Birth name | Gillian Perrin |
Country | England |
Born | 20 June 1950 | (age 74)
Handedness | Right |
Coach | Mike Goodwin H Ian Palmer |
Medal record |
Gillian Gilks MBE (formerly Gillian Perrin, and later Gillian Goodwin;[1] born 20 June 1950)[2] is a former badminton player from England who won numerous major titles in all three events (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles) between the late 1960s and the mid-1980s.
Tall and slender in her badminton prime, with elegant, accurate strokes, Gilks is the most successful player ever in the European Badminton Championships with 12 titles, two of them in women's singles, four in women's doubles and six in mixed doubles.[3] She is also one of the most successful players in the long history of the All England Open Championships with eleven titles; two in women's singles, three in women's doubles, and six in mixed doubles.[1] In 1976 she won all three events at the All Englands making her the last person to "sweep the board" there in a single year. In 1999 she was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame.
Major achievements
Rank | Event | Date | Venue |
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World Championships | |||
2 | Singles | 1977 | Malmö, SWE |
2 | Mixed doubles (with Derek Talbot) | 1977 | Malmö, SWE |
3 | Women's doubles (with Gillian Clark) | 1983 | Copenhague, DEN |
3 | Mixed doubles (with Martin Dew) | 1987 | Beijing, CHN |
European Championships | |||
1 1 |
Women's doubles Mixed doubles |
1972 | Karlskrona, SWE |
1 1 1 |
Singles Women's doubles Mixed doubles |
1974 | Vienna, AUT |
1 1 1 |
Singles Women's doubles Mixed doubles |
1976 | Dublin, IRL |
1 1 |
Women's doubles Mixed doubles |
1982 | Böblingen, GER |
1 | Mixed doubles | 1984 | Preston, ENG |
1 | Mixed doubles | 1986 | Uppsala, SWE |
References
- ^ a b "The Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships Past Winners". Badminton England. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.
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- ^ "European Badminton Championships". Badminton Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007.
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External links
- Gillian M GOODWIN (GILKS). bwfbadminton.org
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- 1950 births
- Living people
- English female badminton players
- Badminton Hall of Fame inductees
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Olympic badminton players of Great Britain
- Badminton players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
- Badminton players at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Badminton players at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- World Games gold medalists
- English badminton biography stubs
- Competitors at the 1981 World Games