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.[2][3]

Achievements

World Championships

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

Commonwealth Games

Women's singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1982 Edmonton, Brisbane, Australia England Sally Podger 4–11, 11–3, 11–5 Gold Gold
1986 Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland England 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 England Fiona Elliott Canada Claire Backhouse-Sharpe
Canada Linda Cloutier 		15–8, 15–11 Bronze Bronze

European Championships

Women's singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1984 Guild Hall, Preston, England England 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

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

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 England Jane Webster 11–2, 11–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1984 German Open England 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 England 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 England Gillian Gowers England Gillian Gilks
England Karen Beckman 		16–18, 18–17, 9–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1986 Dutch Open England Gillian Gowers Netherlands Eline Coene
Netherlands Erica van Dijck 		18–15, 15–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1987 Scottish Open England Gillian Gowers England Fiona Elliott
England Sara Halsall 		11–15, 15–3, 15–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Open tournaments

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 England Barbara Sutton England Gillian Clark
England Gillian Gilks 		3–15, 8–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

IBF International

Women's singles
Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1980 Hungarian International England Diane Simpson 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 England 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 England Diane Simpson East Germany Angela Michalowski
East Germany Monika Cassens 		2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1983 German Open England Karen Chapman Japan Shigemi Kawamura
Japan Sumiko Kitada 		10–15, 4–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1983 Welsh International England Karen Chapman 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1984 Welsh International England Gillian Gilks 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1984 Bell's Open England Gillian Gowers England Karen Chapman
England Sally Podger 		15–6, 3–15, 18–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1986 Bell's Open England Fiona Elliott England Karen Beckman
England 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 England Andy Goode
England Fiona Elliott 		2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

References

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Helen Troke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.

Further reading

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Troke
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