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SARAH FITZ-GERALD
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Country: |
Australia |
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Date of birth:
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1st December 1968 |
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Place of birth:
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Melbourne |
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Place of residence:
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Melbourne |
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Marital status:
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Single |
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Highest World ranking: |
1 (October 1996 to March 2004) |
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World Tour titles:
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65 |
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World Tour
successes: |
World Champion
1996, 1997, 1998, 2001 & 2002; Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist
2002; British Open Champion 2001 & 2002; Australian Open
Champion 1997, 2001, 2002 & 2003 |
Sarah Fitz-Gerald now retired from the professional tour comes from
Melbourne, Australia.
Sarah achieved a highest Women’s International Squash Players
Association (WISPA) World Ranking of No.1 and highest Australian
National Ranking of No.1, winning sixty five WISPA World Tour titles
and representing Australia on seventy five occasions.
In a
distinguished junior career, Sarah won all Australian National
age-group titles, captained two Australian junior women’s teams and
in 1987 was crowned World Junior Champion in Brighton, England.
Sarah has been recognised for her achievements and awarded the
prestigious Australian Female Athlete of the Year in 2001 & 2002,
Dawn Fraser Award in 2001, Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and
has been inducted into the Hall of Fame for World Squash Federation,
WISPA, Squash Australia and Victorian Squash Federation.
Sarah’s principal sponsors are Dunlop (rackets & equipment luggage),
Hi-Tec Sports (footwear), e-squash™ (string), Squash Design
(apparel), and sportdiscount.com™.
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