Louise Crome (born 6 April 1978, in

Waihi Waihi is a town in Hauraki District in the North Island of New Zealand, especially notable for its history as a gold mine town. The town is at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula, close to the western end of the Bay of Plenty. The nearby res ...

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) is a former professional

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 ...

player from New Zealand. She toured for 3 years reaching a world ranking of 22. She was a member of the New Zealand Women's Team between 2004 - 2008 and won titles in Finland, Vietnam and Welsh Opens, and second place in Mexico, Los Angeles, Toronto Opens and New Zealand Championships. In 2004, Crome won silver in the women's doubles event at the

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, partnering

Lara Petera Lara Heta (née Petera, born 21 December 1978) is a New Zealand professional squash player. In 2004, Petera finished runner-up in the women's doubles event at the World Doubles Squash Championships, partnering Louise Crome. Petera and Crome als ...

. In 2006, Petera and Crome won bronze at the World Doubles Championships and later that year she represented New Zealand at the

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at Melbourne. Crome graduated from the

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

with a Bachelor of Commerce in Information Systems and a Masters of Business Administration with distinction from Victoria University. She is married to the former politician and former

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party leader

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* * * New Zealand female squash players 1978 births Living people University of Auckland alumni People from Waihi Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand Squash players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Waikato {{NewZealand-squash-bio-stub