Jayne Ashton (born 31 August 1957) is an English former professional squash player. Ashton was born on 31 August 1957 in

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

. She was first capped for England in 1973, the year she became British Junior Champion. She competed as a top-sixteen seeded player at the

British Open Squash Championships The British Open Squash Championships is the oldest tournament in the game of squash. It is widely considered to be one of the two most prestigious tournaments in the game, alongside the World Squash Championships (prior to the establishment of ...

but her greatest achievement was being part of the winning England team during the

1979 Women's World Team Squash Championships The 1979 Women's World Team Squash Championships were held in England and took place from March 15 until March 20, 1979. Results Round Robin Final See also *World Team Squash Championships The WSF World Team Squash Championshi ...

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* English female squash players 1957 births Living people {{England-sport-bio-stub