Sue Cogswell (born 7 September 1951 in

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) is a retired

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player from

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. She was runner-up at the 1979 Women's World Open Squash Championship, where she lost in the final to the

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6–9, 9–3, 9–1, 9–4. Cogswell was also a three-time runner-up at the

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, losing in the final to McKay in 1974, to Barbara Wall in 1979, and to

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in 1980. Cogswell won the British National Squash Championship title five times in 1975 and 1977–79.
Cogswell was part of the winning British team during the 1979 Women's World Team Squash Championships and runner-up in the 1981 Women's World Team Squash Championships.

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* 1951 births Living people English female squash players {{UK-squash-bio-stub