David Horton (badminton)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | Q4. 1939 Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Club | Essex Badminton Club | ||||||||||||||
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David O Horton (born Q4. 1939), is a male former international badminton player who competed for England.
Horton is a two times National champion, winning the English National Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles in 1967 with Jenny Horton and the men's doubles with Roger Mills. In addition he has won the 1965 & 1967 Irish Open, and four Scottish Open titles.[1]
He represented the England team[2] in the singles, doubles and mixed (winning a bronze medal in the men's doubles with Mills), at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[3][4][5]
He represented Essex at county level.
