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Robyn Lambourne
Robyn Lambourne (née Friday, born 24 July 1964, in Narrogin, Australia) is an Australian former squash player. In 1991, she was ranked as the number 2 player in the world, her highest career singles rankings. She became a Junior Squash world champion in the women's individual event defeating her Australian compatriot Helen Paradeiser in the finals at the 1983 World Junior Squash Championships. Robyn Lambourne also became the first Australian to win a Junior Squash World Championship title. Her greatest success came in 1992 when she was part of the winning Australian team during the 1992 Women's World Team Squash Championships held in Vancouver, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... And her career ended shortly after that. References 1964 births Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuala Lumpur
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Australian Female Squash Players
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Living People
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1964 Births
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The Greater Vancouver, Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2.6million in 2021, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada#List, third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Greater Vancouver, along with the Fraser Valley Regional District, Fraser Valley, comprises the Lower Mainland with a regional population of over 3 million. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada, with over 5,700 people per square kilometre, and fourth highest in North America (after New York City, San Francisco, and Mexico City). Vancouver is one of the most Ethnic origins of people in Canada, ethnically and Languages of Canada, linguistically diverse cities in Canada: 49.3 percent of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Women's World Team Squash Championships
The 1992 Women's Silver Unicorn World Team Squash Championships were held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and took place from October 12 until October 17, 1992. Results First round Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool C Quarter finals Semi finals Third Place Play Off Final References See also *World Team Squash Championships *World Squash Federation *World Open (squash) {{Women's World Team Squash World Squash Championships Squash Squash may refer to: Sports * Squash (sport), the high-speed racquet sport also known as squash racquets * Squash (professional wrestling), an extremely one-sided match in professional wrestling * Squash tennis, a game similar to squash but pla ... W Squash tournaments in Canada 1992 in women's squash International sports competitions hosted by Canada Women's sports in Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Junior Squash Championships
The World Junior Squash championships are the official junior tournament in the game of squash (sport), squash conducted by the World Squash Federation (WSF). Entry is open to individuals aged 19 and below. Since its inception the world juniors has been held biennially with the junior men (individual and team) held one year, junior women (individual and team) the following year. The men's team event was held unofficially from 1973 to 1979. The individuals event (for both men's and women's) are held annually starting from 2009 while the team event remains biennial. Men's championship Individual Team The team event was started unofficially in April 1973 to coincide with the British Junior Open Squash, British Junior Open tournament which was held annually in Britain. Only four countries (England, Scotland, Wales and Sweden) took part in the event which was held at the courts of the National Westminster Bank Sports Ground in South London, playing for a shield presented by the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Paradeiser
Helen Paradeiser is an Australian former professional squash player. Her sister Sonia Paradeiser was also a squash player who played in domestic level matches. Career She emerged as runner-up in the women's individual event at the 1983 World Junior Squash Championships. Paradeiser lost to fellow Australian counterpart Robyn Lambourne in the women's singles final (10–8, 9–2, 9–3), her career best performance in international level and also became the first Australian to lose the women's junior world title final as it was an all-Australian clash. She also competed at the 1983 Women's World Open Squash Championship The 1983 Town and Country Building Society Women's World Open Squash Championship was the women's edition of the 1983 World Open (squash), World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash (sport), squash players. The event ... where she was knocked out of the second round. References External links * Date of birth missing ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Straits Times
The ''New Straits Times'' is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia. It is Malaysia's oldest newspaper still in print (though not the first), having been founded as ''The Straits Times'' on 15 July 1845. It was relaunched as the ''New Straits Times'' on 13 August 1974. The paper served as Malaysia's only broadsheet format English-language newspaper. However, following the example of British newspapers ''The Times'' and ''The Independent'', a tabloid version first rolled off the presses on 1 September 2004 and since 18 April 2005, the newspaper has been published only in tabloid size, ending a 160-year-old tradition of broadsheet publication. The ''New Straits Times'' currently retails at RM1.50 (~37 US cents) in Peninsular Malaysia. As of 2 January 2019, the group editor of the newspaper is Rashid Yusof. In 2020, the paper was listed as the 5th most trusted in a Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Reuters Institute survey of 14 Malaysian media outlets. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
