Marion Jackman (née Hawcroft) is an Australian retired

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player. Jackman began playing squash in 1962 and, having retired temporarily several times, finally stopped playing in 2003. In the early years of her career, Jackman played in tournaments within Australia. She traveled the world for a year to compete in tournaments in 1975, during which she finished runner-up at the

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(the effective world championship of the sport at the time), losing in the final to

Heather McKay Heather Pamela McKay (née Blundell) (born 31 July 1941) is a retired Australian squash player, who is considered by many to be the greatest female player in the history of the game, and possibly also Australia's greatest-ever sportswoman. Sh ...

. In 1976, Jackman turned professional at the age of 34. That year, an unofficial world championship event known as the Women's World Squash Championship was inaugurated. It was held in

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, and Jackman was seeded No. 3 behind McKay and

Sue Newman Sue Newman (married name Sue King) is an Australian former professional squash player. She won the British Open in 1978, beating her fellow Australian player Vicki Hoffman in the final 9–4, 9–7, 9–2.Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

state titles from 1964 to 1974. As a senior player in 1980, she won the inaugural Australian over-35 title. Jackman was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000, and was inducted into the Queensland Squash Hall of Fame in 2006.

External links

Qsquash.com Hall of Fame
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