Margaret Beck
Margaret Beck was a badminton player from England who ranked among the world's best during most of the 1970s.
Early and personal life
Beck was born in Whitehaven, Cumbria. She married Ron Lockwood on 20 December 1975 in near London.Playing career
An exceptional junior talent, she represented the 1970 [British Commonwealth">1970 European Badminton Championships">1970 [British Commonwealth Games|England team], at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. She competed in the badminton events, winning a gold medal in the singles,while still in her teens.In 1973, Beck won the women's singles at the All [England Open Badminton Championships|All-England Championships], which, aside from the international team championships, was then the world's most prestigious tournament.
She shared the All-England women's doubles title with Gillian Gilks in 1974. She won singles at the World Invitation Tournament, a forerunner of the BWF World Championships, that was held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1974. In 1974 she represented England and won a gold and silver medals in the doubles and singles, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.
After marrying in 1975 she competed under her married name of Margaret Lockwood and reached the singles and doubles final at the 1976 [All England Open Badminton Championships].
Her other international singles titles included the European Badminton Championships, and the Canadian, Irish, Portuguese, Scottish, and South African Opens. She also won five English National singles titles, and a dozen or more international doubles titles.
Noted for her rigorous fitness regimen, she developed a problem with her knee which was seriously aggravated during the first World Badminton Championships in 1977. The singles and doubles bronze medals that she earned there would be her last. Despite surgeries and attempted rehabilitation she never played serious competitive badminton again.
Achievements
World Championships
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977 [IBF World Championships – Women's doubles|1977] | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö, Sweden |  Commonwealth Games
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