Gillian Gilks

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Gillian Gilks

Personal information
Birth name	Gillian Perrin
Date of birth	1950

Country	England
Handedness	Right

Gillian Gilks (formerly Gillian Perrin, and later Gillian Goodwin)^[1](b. 1950) is a former English female badminton player who won major titles between the late 1960's and the mid 1980's.

Gilks is the most successful player ever in the European Badminton Championships with 12 titles, two of them in women's singles, four in women's doubles and six in mixed doubles^[2]. She is also one of the most successful players in the long history of the All England Open Championships with eleven titles; two in women's singles, three in women's doubles, and six in mixed doubles^[1]. In 1976 she won all three events at the All Englands making her the last person to "sweep the board" there in a single year. In 1999 she was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame.

[edit] Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
World Championships
2	Singles	1977	Malmö, SWE
2	Mixed doubles (with Derek Talbot)	1977	Malmö, SWE
3	Women's doubles (with Gillian Clark)	1983	Copenhague, DEN
3	Mixed doubles (with Martin Dew)	1987	Beijing, CHN
European Championships
1 1	Women's doubles Mixed doubles	1972	Karlskrona, SWE
1 1 1	Singles Women's doubles Mixed doubles	1974	Vienna, AUT
1 1 1	Singles Women's doubles Mixed doubles	1976	Dublin, IRL
1 1	Women's doubles Mixed doubles	1982	Böblingen, GER
1	Mixed doubles	1984	Preston, ENG
1	Mixed doubles	1986	Uppsala, SWE