Margaret Boxall (later Margaret Allen) is a retired

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player from

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Career

Boxall won the women's doubles with Susan Whetnall at the prestigious All-England Championships in both 1969 and 1970. She also won the gold medal at the

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and the

1970 European Badminton Championships The 2nd European Badminton Championships were held in Port Talbot (Wales), between 17 and 19 April 1970, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Welsh Badminton Union. Medalists Finals Medal account References Results at BE ...

in women's doubles with Susan Whetnall. She represented

and won double gold and a bronze medal, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in

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. Four years later she won a silver medal in the doubles at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in

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, New Zealand.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boxall, Margaret English female badminton players Living people Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Badminton players at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Year of birth missing (living people)