- Gillian Gilks
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birth_name = Gillian Perrin
date_of_birth = 1950
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country = ENG
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bwf_id =Gillian Gilks (formerly Gillian Perrin, and later Gillian Goodwin)cite web|url=http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/text.asp?section=000100010019001300070001&itemTitle=Past+Winners |title=The Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships Past Winners |publisher=Badminton England] (born 1950) is a former English female
badminton player who won major titles between the late 1960s 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 [cite web|url=http://www.eurobadminton.org/file_download.aspx?id=2032 |title=European Badminton Championships |format=PDF |publisher=Badminton Europe] . She is also one of the most successful players in the long history of theAll England Open Championships with eleven titles; two in women's singles, three in women's doubles, and six in mixed doubles. 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 theWorld Badminton Hall of Fame .Major achievements
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