Derek Talbot

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Derek Talbot is a former English male badminton player.

When he retired from badminton, he set up his own badminton company called Talbot Torro Badminton.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 World Championships 1.2 1972 Summer Olympics 1.3 Commonwealth Games 2 Major achievements 3 References

[edit] Career

[edit] World Championships

He won a silver medal in the 1977 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Gillian Gilks, losing against Steen Skovgaard and Lene Køppen in the final.

[edit] 1972 Summer Olympics

Talbot competed in badminton at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where badminton was played as a demonstration sport. In men's doubles he played together with Elliot Stuart and were defeated in the semifinals by Ade Chandra and Christian Hadinata 15-8, 15-12. In mixed doubles he played together with Gillian Gilks and they won the gold medal beating Svend Pri and Ulla Strand of Denmark in the final 15-6, 18-16.

[edit] Commonwealth Games

Derek Talbot was also successful at the Commonwealth Games, he won 4 gold medals, a silver medal and two bronze medals between 1970 and 1978. ^[1]

[edit] Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
World Championships
2	Mixed doubles	1977	Malmö, SWE
European Championships
1	Mixed doubles	1972	Karlskrona, SWE
1	Mixed doubles	1974	Vienna, AUT
1	Mixed doubles	1976	Dublin, IRE
2	Mixed doubles	1970	Port Talbot, WAL
2	Men's doubles	1972	Karlskrona, SWE
2	Men's doubles	1976	Dublin, IRE
3	Singles	1974	Vienna, AUT
3	Mixed doubles	1980	Groningen, NED
Commonwealth Games
1	Mixed doubles	1970	Edinburgh, SCO
1 1	Men's doubles Mixed doubles	1974	Christchurch, NZL
1	Team	1978	Edmonton, CAN
2	Singles	1978	Edmonton, CAN
3	Singles	1974	Christchurch, NZL
3	Mixed doubles	1978	Edmonton, CAN
Open Championships
1	Mixed doubles	1973, 1976, 1977	All England Open
2	Mixed doubles	1971, 1972, 1974	All England Open

[edit] References