Fiona Geaves (born 6 December 1967) is a former professional
squash
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player from
England
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. She played on the professional tour from 1987 to 2006, winning six tour titles, reaching a career-high ranking of
World No. 5 in 2001, and remaining in the world's top-20 for an unbroken stretch of 19 years.
Biography
Geaves won the
British National Squash Championship title in 1995. At the 2002
Commonwealth Games
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in
Manchester
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, Geaves won bronze medals in both the women's doubles and mixed doubles.
Geaves won seven gold medals for the
England women's national squash team
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Since 1981, England has won seven World Squash Team Open titles. Their most recent title came in 2014. A ...
at the
European Squash Team Championships
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from 1992 to 2002.
Now Fiona works at the Heights Casino in Brooklyn, New York. She is the head coach and has started a doubles career with fellow coach
Meredith Quick.
World Team Championships
Finals: 3 (0 title, 3 runner-up)
See also
*
Official Women's Squash World Ranking
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References
External links
*
Page at Squashpics.com
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1967 births
Living people
English female squash players
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in squash
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Squash players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
20th-century English sportswomen
21st-century English sportswomen