Margaret Boxall

Margaret Boxall
Personal information
CountryEngland
HandednessLeft[1]
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1970 Edinburgh Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 1970 Edinburgh Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 1974 Christchurch Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Edinburgh Women's singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1968 Bochum Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 1970 Port Talbot Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Port Talbot Women's singles

Margaret Boxall (born 1945; later Margaret Allen) is an English retired badminton player.

Personal life

Boxall married to Eddie Allen, a South African badminton player on 9 August 1975 in her hometown Gosport, Hampshire.[2]

Career

Boxall won the women's doubles with Susan Whetnall at the prestigious All-England Championships in both 1969 and 1970.[3]

She also won the gold medal at the 1968 and the 1970 European Badminton Championships in women's doubles with Susan Whetnall.[4]

She represented England and won double gold and a bronze medal, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[5][6]

Four years later she won a silver medal in the doubles at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.[7]

References

  1. ^ Scheele, H. A. E., ed. (August 1976). "Letters to the editor" (PDF). World Badminton (26 ed.). p. 19. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  2. ^ Scheele, H. A. E., ed. (August 1975). "On the side lines: Some notes and news from all parts" (PDF). World Badminton (21 ed.). p. 9. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  3. ^ Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 108.
  4. ^ Herbert Scheele, The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J.A. Jennings Ltd., 1971) 326.
  5. ^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  6. ^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
  7. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.