Helen Troke

Helen Troke
Personal information
Full name	Helen Suzanne Troke
Country	England
Born	(1964-11-07) 7 November 1964 Southampton, England
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing England World Championships 1983 Copenhagen Women's singles Uber Cup 1984 Kuala Lumpur Women's team Commonwealth Games 1982 Brisbane Women's singles 1982 Brisbane team event 1986 Edinburgh Women's singles 1986 Edinburgh team event 1990 Auckland team event 1986 Edinburgh Women's doubles 1990 Auckland Women's singles European Championships 1982 Böblingen Mixed team 1984 Preston Mixed team 1984 Preston Women's singles 1986 Uppsala Women's singles 1986 Uppsala Mixed team 1988 Kristiansand Mixed team 1990 Moscow Mixed team 1990 Moscow Women's singles European Junior Championships 1981 Edinburgh Women's singles 1983 Helsinki Women's singles 1983 Helsinki Mixed team 1981 Edinburgh Mixed team

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

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 England and won double gold in the team event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Brøndbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark	Li Lingwei	10–12, 6–11	Bronze

Commonwealth Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1982	Edmonton, Brisbane, Australia	Sally Podger	4–11, 11–3, 11–5	Gold
1986	Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland	Fiona Elliott	11–4, 11–4	Gold
1990	Auckland Badminton Hall, Auckland, New Zealand	Deepti Thanekar	11–0, 11–0	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1986	Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland	Fiona Elliott	Claire Backhouse-Sharpe Linda Cloutier	15–8, 15–11	Bronze

European Championships

Women's singles

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

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

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

IBF World Grand Prix

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	Jane Webster	11–2, 11–5	Winner
1984	German Open	Karen Beckman	12–9, 10–12, 6–11	Runner-up
1984	Thailand Open	Kirsten Larsen	11–5, 11–8	Winner
1984	Dutch Open	Kirsten Larsen	4–11, 11–7, 12–10	Winner
1984	Chinese Taipei Open	Ivana Lie	11–12, 9–11	Runner-up
1984	Denmark Open	Zheng Yuli	6–11, 7–11	Runner-up
1985	India Open	Kirsten Larsen	11–8, 11–8	Winner
1985	Malaysia Open	Gillian Gowers	Walkover	Runner-up
1985	Chinese Taipei Open	Kirsten Larsen	11–5, 11–2	Winner
1986	German Open	Kim Yun-ja	1–11, 11–8, 10–12	Runner-up
1986	Indonesia Open	Shi Wen	11–6, 9–11, 9–11	Runner-up
1986	Dutch Open	Xiao Jie	6–11, 11–3, 6–11	Runner-up
1986	Chinese Taipei Open	Kirsten Larsen	12–11, 6–11, 4–11	Runner-up
1987	Chinese Taipei Open	Kirsten Larsen	4–11, 11–5, 1–11	Runner-up
1988	Poona Open	Christine Magnusson	12–11, 4–11, 4–11	Runner-up
1989	German Open	Pernille Nedergaard	4–11, 11–8, 11–7	Winner
1990	Scottish Open	Eline Coene	11–3, 11–0	Winner
1991	Finnish Open	Tang Jiuhong	7–11, 8–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1984	Thailand Open	Gillian Gowers	Gillian Gilks Karen Beckman	16–18, 18–17, 9–15	Runner-up
1986	Dutch Open	Gillian Gowers	Eline Coene Erica van Dijck	18–15, 15–9	Winner
1987	Scottish Open	Gillian Gowers	Fiona Elliott Sara Halsall	11–15, 15–3, 15–12	Winner

Open tournaments

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	Irish Open	Diane Underwood	11–2, 12–11	Winner
1982	Scottish Open	Lene Køppen	8–11, 4–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1982	Scottish Open	Barbara Sutton	Gillian Clark Gillian Gilks	3–15, 8–15	Runner-up

IBF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1980	Hungarian International	Diane Simpson		Winner
1983	English Masters	Chen Ruizhen	9–12, 12–11, 1–11	Runner-up
1984	English Masters	Kirsten Larsen	1–11, 10–12	Runner-up
1987	Bell's Open	Fiona Elliott	4–11, 10–12	Runner-up
1992	Amor International	Elena Rybkina	11–7, 2–11, 4–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1980	Hungarian International	Diane Simpson	Angela Michalowski Monika Cassens		Runner-up
1983	German Open	Karen Chapman	Shigemi Kawamura Sumiko Kitada	10–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1983	Welsh International	Karen Chapman			Winner
1984	Welsh International	Gillian Gilks			Winner
1984	Bell's Open	Gillian Gowers	Karen Chapman Sally Podger	15–6, 3–15, 18–14	Winner
1986	Bell's Open	Fiona Elliott	Karen Beckman Sara Halsall	0–15, 9–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1986	Bell's Open	Billy Gilliland	Andy Goode Fiona Elliott		Runner-up

Further reading

• English statistics
• European results
• Pat Davis: The Encyclopaedia of Badminton. Robert Hale, London, 1987, p. 170, ISBN 0-7090-2796-6

External links

• Helen S Troke at BWFBadminton.com
• Helen S Troke at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link) (archived)
• Helen Suzanne Troke at Olympics.com
• Helen Troke at Olympedia (archive)
• Helen Troke at Team GB
• Helen Troke at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)