Samantha Teran
Samantha Teran 
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| Samantha Terán (right) versus Omneya Abdel Kawy 2009 | |
| Nationality: |
 Mexico
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| Birthday: | May 6, 1981 |
| Size: | 161 cm |
| Weight: | 57 kg |
| 1st professional season: | 2000 |
| Playing hand: | Right |
| Trainer: | Liz Irving , Miguel Montero |
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| Career title: | 16 |
| Career finals: | 20th |
| Best placement: | 11 (May 2010) |
| Last update of the infobox: October 1st, 2019 | |
| Sources: official player profiles at PSA and Squashinfo (see web links ) | |
Samantha Terán Quintanilla (born May 6, 1981 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican squash player .
Career
Samantha Terán started her career in the 2000 season and has so far won 16 titles on the WSA World Tour . She reached her highest position in the world rankings with position eleven in May 2010. At world championships she achieved her best result so far by reaching the semi-finals in 2011. She was also the first Mexican squash athlete to do so. So far, she has won ten medals at the Pan American Games . In 2003 and 2007 she won bronze medals in both individual and team competitions. At the 2011 Games she won gold medals in singles and doubles as well as bronze with the team. In the singles she defeated Samantha Cornett in the final . In the final of the doubles competition, she won alongside Nayelly Hernández against the Colombians Catalina Peláez and Silvia Angulo Rugeles . In 2015 she won another bronze medal in singles, doubles and with the team. In 2019 , she secured bronze with the team . At the Pan American Championships , she is the record winner in singles with seven titles. With the Mexican national team , she took part in the World Cup several times.
successes
- Pan American Champion: 7 titles (2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2017)
- Pan American champions with the team: 2017
- Vice-Pan American Champion in doubles: 2013 (with Karla Urrutia )
- Won WSA -Titel: 16
- Pan American Games : 2 × gold (singles and doubles 2011), 9 × bronze (singles and team 2003, singles and team 2007, team 2011, singles, doubles and team 2015, team 2019)
- Central American and Caribbean Games : 14 × gold (singles 2002, 2010, 2014 and 2018, doubles 2002 and 2014, team 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018, mixed 2002, 2006 and 2010), 2 × silver (singles 2006, doubles 2018)
Web links
- official page
- Player profile at psaworldtour.com (English)
- Player profile at squashinfo.com (English)
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| SURNAME | Teran, Samantha |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Terán Quintanilla, Samantha (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican squash player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico City , Mexico |