Sue Wright

Sue Wright

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1970-06-28) 28 June 1970
Sport
Retired	2001
Women's singles
Highest ranking	No. 3 (January, 1998)
Medal record Women's squash Representing England World Championships 1996 Petaling Jaya Singles 1997 Sydney Singles 1998 Stuttgart Singles World Team Championships 1994 Saint Peter Port Team 1998 Stuttgart Team 1992 Vancouver Team World Doubles Championships 1997 Hong Kong Doubles Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Doubles 1998 Kuala Lumpur Singles European Team Championships 1990 Zurich Team 1992 Aix-en-Provence Team 1993 Aix-en-Provence Team 1995 Amsterdam Team 1997 Odense Team 1998 Helsinki Team

Sue Wright married name Rose (born 28 June 1970) is a former professional squash player from England. She reached a career high ranking of 3 in the world during January 1998 and won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Wright was runner-up at the British Open in 1991 and 2000, and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 3 in 1998. She won the British National Championship title four times, in 1992, 1997, 1998 and 2001. As a junior player, Wright captained the England team which won the world junior team title in 1987.

She represented England at the 1992 Women's World Team Squash Championships in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, (winning bronze), the 1994 Women's World Team Squash Championships in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey (winning silver), and the 1998 Women's World Team Squash Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, (winning silver).

Wright represented the 1998 England team at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She competed in the singles and doubles, winning bronze in the singles and gold in the doubles with Cassie Jackman.

Wright won six gold medals for the England women's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships from 1990 to 1998.

Wright retired from professional squash in 2001.

During the last few years of her career, Wright suffered from viral pneumonia, which left her with ear problems that prevented her from flying and competing outside the United Kingdom.

World Team Championships

Finals: 2 (0 title, 2 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Location	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1994 Women's World Team Squash Championships	Saint Peter Port, Guernsey	Australia	3-0
Runner-up	1998 Women's World Team Squash Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	Australia	3-0

External links

• Page at Squashpics.com
• Sue Wright at Squash Info
• Squashtalk.com article on Wright's retirement in 2001