Helen Jennifer Horton (née Pritchard, born 1938) is a former English

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 ...

player.

Badminton career

Born Helen Jennifer Pritchard she first competed as Pritchard when she won the mixed doubles title at the 1964 All England Open Badminton Championships, with

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. In addition she won the German Open in 1964. After marrying fellow international player David Horton in 1965 she competed as Jenny Horton and won the

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and the South African Championships in 1965 and from 1966 to 1968 won four titles at the Scottish Open. Horton was selected as part of the England team that went to

1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions. The event was followed by the 1966 Commonweal ...

and won a

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, with Ursula Smith in the women's doubles and a

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, with Tony Jordan in the mixed doubles.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

International tournaments (14 titles, 13 runners-up)

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Horton, Jenny 1938 births Living people English female badminton players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games gold medallists in badminton Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists in badminton Badminton players at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 20th-century English sportswomen