Helen Troke

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Helen Troke
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Personal information
Full nameHelen Suzanne Troke
Born (1964-11-07) 7 November 1964 (age 61)
Southampton, England[1]
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Sport
CountryEngland
SportBadminton
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Error creating thumbnail:  England
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Copenhagen Women's singles
Uber Cup
Silver medal – second place 1984 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1982 Brisbane Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1982 Brisbane team event
Gold medal – first place 1986 Edinburgh Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1986 Edinburgh team event
Gold medal – first place 1990 Auckland team event
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Edinburgh Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Auckland Women's singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1982 Böblingen Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 1984 Preston Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 1984 Preston Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1986 Uppsala Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 1986 Uppsala Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Kristiansand Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Moscow Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Moscow Women's singles
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1981 Edinburgh Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1983 Helsinki Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1983 Helsinki Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 1981 Edinburgh Mixed team

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

Career

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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

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World Championships

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

Commonwealth Games

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

European Championships

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

European Junior Championships

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

IBF World Grand Prix

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

Open tournaments

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Women's singles
Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1981 Irish Open Republic of Ireland Diane Underwood 11–2, 12–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1982 Scottish Open Denmark Lene Køppen 8–11, 4–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Women's doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1982 Scottish Open Error creating thumbnail: Barbara Sutton Error creating thumbnail: Gillian Clark
Error creating thumbnail: Gillian Gilks 		3–15, 8–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

IBF International

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

References

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Further reading

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  • Helen S Troke at BWFBadminton.com Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Helen S Troke at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived, alternate link)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Helen Suzanne Troke at Olympics.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Helen Troke at OlympediaLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Helen Troke at Team GBLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Helen Troke at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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