Debbie Tisinger-Moore (born April 2, 1958) is an American professional
racquetball
Racquetball is a racquet sport and a team sport played with a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. Joseph Sobek invented the modern sport of racquetball in 1950, adding a stringed racquet to paddleball in order to increase velo ...
player. She is an inductee to the USA Racquetball Hall of Fame.
Early years
Debbie Tisinger-Moore was born in Phoenix, Arizona, the oldest of seven children. In 1980, she was introduced to racquetball by her father who played handball then switched to racquetball. Tisinger-Moore attended Simi High School.
Career
Tisinger-Moore started competing in racquetball during the 1980s.
["HAVING A RAQUETBALL BABY BOOMERS RETURNING..."]
''Simi Valley News'', Rick Coca, March 8, 2006 During her career she was named Peggy Steding Athlete of the Year six times. She won 25 U.S. Open titles, 23 World Senior titles, 21 U.S. National Doubles titles and 12 U.S. National Singles titles.
By 1995 Tisinger-Moore was the director of Racquetball World at Canoga Park in Los Angeles. There she organized professional and amateur tournaments. She continued to play in the masters events and earned 11 Women's Senior National titles
and 12 National Master titles. In 1998 she was named US Racquetball Association Athlete of the Year.
By 2006 Tisinger-Moore was coaching racquetball at Simi Valley. In 2013, she was inducted into the USA Racquetball Hall of Fame.
In 2016 Tisinger-Moore was an assistant coach to her daughter
Janel Tisinger
Janel Tisinger (born March 13, 1983) is an American racquetball player. She is the currenUSA RacquetballNational Champion in Women's Doubles winning the title for a 5th time in 2019 with Aimee Ruiz. Tisinger is former World Champion in Women's Do ...
, who won the Women's Doubles World Championship with
Aimee Ruiz
Aimee Ruiz (born February 12, 1975) is a left-handed American racquetball player. She is a three time Women's Doubles World Champion, and a 13 timUSA RacquetballChampion in Women's Doubles, most recently winning the title in 2020 with Erika Manill ...
.
Personal
Tisinger-Moore is married to Gary Moore and lives in Simi Valley, California. She is the mother of three. Her daughter Janel is on the USA
racquetball
Racquetball is a racquet sport and a team sport played with a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. Joseph Sobek invented the modern sport of racquetball in 1950, adding a stringed racquet to paddleball in order to increase velo ...
Team.
See also
Official USA Racquetball Player Profile
References
External links
*http://myplace.frontier.com/~kdtutsch/WSMRA/WSMRANews.htm
*http://www.r2sports.com/website/event-website.asp?TID=11698
*https://web.archive.org/web/20140422185438/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Racquetball/About/Annual-Awards/2002
*https://web.archive.org/web/20140228094608/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Racquetball/About/Record-Books/Doubles-Champions/Womens-C
*https://web.archive.org/web/20140811064448/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-racquetball/about/hall-of-fame
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1958 births
Living people