User:Bill william compton/England at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

England competed in the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games held in the British Crown Dependency of Isle of Man from 7 to 13 September 2011. England has participated in all the editions of the Commonwealth Youth Games, and was represented by the Commonwealth Games England. Athletes from England won gold medals in six out of seven sports in the Games. The only event in which England did not win any gold was badminton, in which only Malaysia and India claimed top positions on the podiums. English athletes won total 77 medals, including most gold medals (37). The country ranked first in the final medal medal table standings. This was the second time in the history of the Commonwealth Youth Games that England finished at top position in the medal table after the inaugural Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Background
England has participated in the Commonwealth Games since their inception in 1930, held in Hamilton, Ontario. It has participated in all the editions of the Commonwealth Youth Games. These&mdash;Commonwealth and Commonwealth Youth Games&mdash;are the only two multi-sport events in which England participates as a nation. In other similar events, like Olympics, it take parts in a team called Team GB, which constitutes athletes from the whole of the United Kingdom and British Crown Dependencies.

Before the Games, sports director of Commonwealth Games England, Don Parker, prospected the improvement of medal table position of England, comparing with the last revision of the Games in which England succeeded in earning third position in the final medal table, behind India and Australia.