Barbara Beckett (born March 1952) is a former international badminton player from Northern Ireland who competed at two Commonwealth Games and was a 19-times champion of Ireland.
Beckett won her first titles in 1973 at both the Irish Championships and the Irish Open. In the same year she also won at Welsh International.
Beckett represented the Northern Irish team at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, where she competed in the singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles events.
Four years later she represented the Northern Irish team again at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada, where she competed in four events.
In 1980 after earning 52 international caps she pulled out of the Irish team in order to seek a place in the English rankings. She was living in Birmingham for several years.
In 1980 she was first at the Scottish Open. In total, she won 19 national titles.
She was coached by Winston Wilkinson.