Jenny Horton
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| Full name | Helen Jennifer Horton | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Helen Jennifer Pritchard | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1938 (age 85–86) Wandsworth, Greater London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Helen Jennifer Horton (née Pritchard, born 1938) is a former English badminton player.[1]
Badminton career
[edit]Born Helen Jennifer Pritchard [2] she first competed as Pritchard when she won the mixed doubles title at the 1964 All England Open Badminton Championships, with Tony Jordan.[3] In addition she won the German Open in 1964.
After marrying fellow international player David Horton in 1965 she competed as Jenny Horton and won the U.S. Open Badminton Championships and the South African Championships in 1965 and from 1966 to 1968 won four titles at the Scottish Open.
Horton was selected as part of the England team that went to 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and won a gold medal, with Ursula Smith in the women's doubles and a silver medal, with Tony Jordan in the mixed doubles.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "History". All England Badminton. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Birth". Free BMD. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 74-78. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.[permanent dead link]
External links
[edit]- Helen J. Horton at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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- 1938 births
- Living people
- English female badminton players
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
- Badminton players at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century English sportswomen