Angela Grisar (born May 2, 1973) is a Chilean retired

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player. She was the first South American woman's racquetball player to finish in the top 10 on the women's pro tour, doing so six straight seasons (2003-04 to 2008-09). She won numerous medals for Chile in international competitions, including at fou
International Racquetball Federation (IRF)
World Championships and three

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International career

Grisar was runner up in singles at the

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twice: in 2004, when she lost to

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in the final in Anyang, South Korea, and 2006, Canadian

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in the final in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Grisar has also been runner up in doubles twice at Worlds. She did it in 2006 with Fabiola Marquez, when they lost to Americans

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and

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, and in 2012 with Carla Muñoz, when they lost to

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and

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. Her latest medal at Worlds came in

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, when she was a bronze medalist in Women's Doubles with Carla Muñoz. Grisar was a double medalist at the 2006 Pan American Championships, when she got bronze in singles and silver in doubles with Fabiola Marquez. In 2007, she was again a bronze medalist in singles at the Pan American Championships, and again a silver medalist in doubles with Marquez at the 2008 Pan American Championships. Grisar has two doubles medals with Carla Muñoz. They got bronze at the

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, and at the 2013 Pan American Championships. Grisar has three other bronze medals in singles: one from the 2004 Pan American Championships, when she lost to Canadian

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in the semi-finals, one from the 2011 Pan American Championships, when she lost to

in semi-finals, and the other at the

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in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Professional career

Grisar won one women's pro tournament, which came in 2007 in Miami, where she defeated

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in the final,

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in the semi-finals and

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in the quarter finals. She was a semi-finalist at the US Open in 2007 and a US Open quarter finalist on five other occasions. Over her career, Grisar was a top 10 player on the women's pro tour rankings for six consecutive seasons from 2003–04 to 2008–09. Her highest ranking was 4th at the end of the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons.

Personal life

Grisar currently lives in

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, where she is a health club manager in

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. She graduated from the

Universidad Católica de Chile The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (''PUC or UC Chile'') ( es, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical universities i ...

in 1997 (journalism & social communication) and the

Universidad de Chile The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.

in 2006 (masters in anthropology & social development).

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