Barbara Diggens
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 October 1949 Hove, East Sussex, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Barbara Diggens (née Cooper), (born 8 October 1949) is a former English professional squash player.
Biography
[edit]Born as Barabara Cooper on 8 October 1949 in Hove, East Sussex, she started playing aged 19 at the Hove Squash Club and became a professional tennis and squash coach.
Her greatest achievement was being part of the winning England team during the 1979 Women's World Team Squash Championships.[1] She also represented England at the 1983 Women's World Team Squash Championships, where England finished as runners-up, losing 2-1 in the final to Australia.[2]
Diggens won four gold medals for the England women's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships in 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Palmer, Michael (1984). Guinness Book of Squash. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-270-1.
- ↑ "Women's World Team Championship 1983" (PDF). worldsquash.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
- ↑ "Men's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events)". Squash Info. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ↑ "Dutch Double". Hull Daily Mail. 23 March 1981. Retrieved 19 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
External links
[edit]- Barbara Diggens at Squash Info
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