Corey Osborne (born July 28, 1969) is a Canadian racquetball player from

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. Osborne is a former Canadian Champion in singles in 2005 and doubles (with

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in 2003).

International career

Osborne has made 4 appearances on Team Canada, and reached the podium on 3 of those occasions including at the 2003 Pan Am Games, when he earned a bronze medal in doubles with partner

. Osborne has played singles for Canada twice and medalled each time. He earned a silver medal at the 2004 Pan American Championships in Cuenca, Ecuador, where he lost the final to fellow Canadian Brian Istace, 15-13, 11-15, 11-7, and a bronze medal at the 2005 Pan American Championships in Caracas, Venezuela, where he lost to American

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in the semi-finals, 15-1, 15-6. Osborne's first appearance for Canada was at the 2003 Pan American Championships in Santo Dominigo, Dominican Republic, when he played doubles with Tom O'Brien. They lost to Bolivians Ricardo Monroy and Santiago Canedo in the quarter-finals.

Canadian career

Osborne won the 2005 Canadian National Championship in singles. He also National Champion in doubles in 2003 with partner

, and Osborne also finished 2nd in singles that year, losing to Mike Green, in a tie-breaker 15-3, 11-15, 11-5. At the 2011 Canadian National Championships, Osborne was runner up in doubles with Francis Guillemette, as they lost the final to

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and

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, 15-9, 15-6.

Personal

Osborne is married and has one son, Kaleb, who also plays racquetball. In 2008, Osborne was selected for the Midland Sports Hall of Fame in Midland, Ontario.

International career

Canadian career

Personal

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