Margaret Boxall

Margaret Boxall (later Margaret Allen) is a retired badminton player from England.

Margaret Boxall
Personal information
CountryEngland
BornHarlow, Essex, England
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
1970 Edinburgh Women's doubles
1970 Edinburgh Mixed doubles
1974 Christchurch Women's doubles
1970 Edinburgh Women's singles
European Championships
1968 Bochum Women's doubles
1970 Port Talbot Women's doubles
1970 Port Talbot Women's singles

Career

Boxall won the women's doubles with Susan Whetnall at the prestigious All-England Championships in both 1969 and 1970.[1]

She also won the gold medal at the 1968 and the 1970 European Badminton Championships in women's doubles with Susan Whetnall.[2]

She represented England and won double gold and a bronze medal, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[3][4]

Four years later she won a silver medal in the doubles at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.[5]

References
  1. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 108.
  2. Herbert Scheele, The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J.A. Jennings Ltd., 1971) 326.
  3. "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  4. "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
  5. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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