Sarah Cook (squash player)
Sarah Cook 
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| Nationality: |
 New Zealand
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| Birthday: | February 13, 1975 |
| 1st professional season: | 1992 |
| Resignation: | 2005 |
| Playing hand: | Right |
| successes | |
| Career title: | 3 |
| Career finals: | 3 |
| Best placement: | 22 (November 1995) |
| Sources: official player profiles at PSA and Squashinfo (see web links ) | |
Sarah Jane Cook (born February 13, 1975 in Christchurch ) is a former New Zealand squash player .
Career
She was already very successful in her junior years: she won titles in all junior categories at national level in New Zealand, as well as titles in the U17 and U19 in Australia. In 1993 she reached the final of the World Cup , in which she was defeated by Rachael Grinham .
Sarah Cook played on the WSA World Tour from 1992 to 2005 and won three titles on it. She reached her best position in the world rankings with rank 22 in November 1995. With the New Zealand national team she took part in the 1994 , 1996 , 1998 , 2000 and 2002 world championships. At the Commonwealth Games 1998 she was also part of the squad and won the bronze medal in mixed on the side of Glen Wilson . In 1996, 1999 and 2000 she was New Zealand national champion , three more times she was in the finals.
Cook has a son (* 2000). She has been working full-time as a firefighter since 2000.
successes
- Won WSA -Titel: 3
- Commonwealth Games : 1 × bronze ( Mixed 1998 )
- New Zealand Champion : 3 titles (1996, 1999, 2000)
literature
- Joseph Romanos: Long or Short? The Story of New Zealand Squash . New Zealand Squash Hall of Fame, Waitakere 2010, ISBN 978-0-9864615-1-4
Web links
- Player profile at WISPA (English, archive link)
- Player profile at squashinfo.com (English)
- Player profile at olympic.org.nz (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Joseph Romanos: Long or Short? The Story of New Zealand Squash . 1st edition. New Zealand Squash Hall of Fame, Waitakere 2010, ISBN 978-0-9864615-1-4 , pp. 257-258 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cook, Sarah |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cook, Sarah Jane (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand squash player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Christchurch , New Zealand |