Sabine Schöne (born 27 January 1974 in

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) is a former professional

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player who represented

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. She reached a career-high ranking of World No. 6 in November 1997.SquashInfo Player Profile
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Career

As a junior, Schöne won ten national junior titles in various age groups. In 1988, at the age of only 14, she won her first national championship title in the women's division - a title she held for 17 years until she retired in 2004. In 1991, she lost the final of the World Junior Championships against England's Cassie Campion. For eight years she was ranked in the Top Ten with five tournament wins and a silver medal at the

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in 1997. In 2010 and 2012, she became World Champion in the O35 category.

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* * * 1972 births Living people German female squash players World Games silver medalists for Germany Medalists at the 1997 World Games 20th-century German sportswomen {{Germany-squash-bio-stub