Suzanne Horner
CountryEngland
Born (1963-02-23) 23 February 1963
Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Highest ranking2 (September 1994)
Medal record
Women's squash
Representing  England
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Saint Peter Port Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Stuttgart Singles
World Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 1989 Warmond Team
Gold medal – first place 1990 Sydney Team
Silver medal – second place 1994 Saint Peter Port Team
Silver medal – second place 1996 Petaling Jaya Team
Silver medal – second place 1998 Stuttgart Team
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles

Suzanne Horner (née Burgess, born 23 February 1963 in Wakefield)[1] is an English former professional squash player.

Squash career

Horner was runner-up at the British Open in 1990 and 1993. In 1994, she captured the US Open title and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 2. She won the British National Squash Championships in 1994 and 1996.[2] She was a silver commonwealth medallist in Kuala Lumpur in 1998, when she competed with Simon Parke in the doubles competition. She won the World Over-35 Championship in 1999.[3]

Her greatest successes were being part of the successful England team that won the 1989 Women's World Team Squash Championships in Warmond, Netherlands and the 1990 Women's World Team Squash Championships in Sydney, Australia.[4]

World Team Championships

Finals: 5 (2 title, 3 runner-up)

Outcome Year Location Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner1989 Women's World Team Squash ChampionshipsWarmond, NetherlandsAustralia Australia3-0
Winner1990 Women's World Team Squash ChampionshipsSydney, AustraliaAustralia Australia2-1
Runner-up1994 Women's World Team Squash ChampionshipsSaint Peter Port, GuernseyAustralia Australia3-0
Runner-up1996 Women's World Team Squash ChampionshipsPetaling Jaya, MalaysiaAustralia Australia2-1
Runner-up1998 Women's World Team Squash ChampionshipsStuttgart, GermanyAustralia Australia3-0

See also

References

  1. ↑ Profile at WISPA accessed August 8, 2007
  2. ↑ National Squash Championships History Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 8, 2007
  3. ↑ Profile at Squashpics.com Archived 2007-02-26 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 8, 2007
  4. ↑ "Women's World Team Championships" (PDF). worldsquash.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
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