Career
Tall and slender in her badminton prime, with elegant, accurate strokes, 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. She is also one of the most successful players in the long history of the All England Open Championships with eleven titles. Two in women"s singles, three in women"s doubles, and six in mixed doubles.
In 1999 she was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame.