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Helen Suzanne Troke (born 7 November 1964) MBE, is an English retired
badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...
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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
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and won double gold in the team event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in
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Achievements


World Championships


Commonwealth Games


European Championships


European Junior Championships


IBF World Grand Prix

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


Open tournaments


IBF International


References


Further reading


English statisticsEuropean results
*Pat Davis: ''The Encyclopaedia of Badminton''. Robert Hale, London, 1987, p. 170,


External links

* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Troke, Helen 1964 births Living people English female badminton players Members of the Order of the British Empire Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games gold medallists in badminton Badminton players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games 20th-century English sportswomen