Natalie Grainger (born 8 July 1977), also known for a period by her former married name Natalie Pohrer, is a professional female
squash
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player.
Grainger was born in
Manchester
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,
United Kingdom
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but raised in South Africa, which she represented in the
1998 Commonwealth Games
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, winning 2 bronze medals. She reached the World No. 1 ranking in June 2003. She was runner-up at the
World Open in 2002, and at the
British Open
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in 2004. She has represented South Africa, England and her adopted home country the
United States
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(where she moved to when she married her now ex-husband Eddie Pohrer) in international squash. In 2018, she won her third
World Masters
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title.
She served as President of
WISPA
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for many years.
World Open
Finals: 1 (0 title, 1 runner-up)
Major
World Series
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final appearances
British Open
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: 1 finals (0 title, 1 runner-up)
Hong Kong Open: 1 final (0 title, 1 runner-up)
Qatar Classic
The Qatar Classic is an annual international squash tournament that takes place in Doha, Qatar in October or November. The event was re-established in 2001. Between 1992 and 1997, the tournament was formerly known as the Qatar International. The ...
: 1 final (0 title, 1 runner-up)
See also
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List of WISPA number 1 ranked players
This article is a list of PSA women's number 1 ranked players in the Official Women's Squash World Ranking.
The Official Women's Squash World Ranking are the Professional Squash Association's (PSA) merit-based method for determining the world rank ...
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External links
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Article at Squashtalk.com (February 2002)
1977 births
Living people
American female squash players
English female squash players
South African female squash players
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa
Commonwealth Games medallists in squash
Squash players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
Pan American Games medalists in squash
Squash players at the 2007 Pan American Games
Squash players at the 2015 Pan American Games
Alumni of St Mary's School, Waverley
Sportspeople from Manchester
Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
21st-century American women
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