Hollie Naughton

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Hollie Naughton
CountryCanada
Born (1994-10-21) October 21, 1994 (age 30)
Barnsley, England
Residence Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Turned pro2012
RetiredActive
PlaysLeft Handed
Coached byDavid Palmer
Women's singles
Highest rankingNo. 16 (January 2022)
Current rankingNo. 26 (December 2024)
Medal record
Women's squash
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Toronto Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lima Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Santiago Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Lima Singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Lima Mixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Santiago Singles
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Singles
Updated on 4 August 2022.

Hollie Naughton (born October 21, 1994) is a Canadian professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 16 in January 2022. [1] In 2016, she won her first Canadian Nationals title. [2]

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Career

Naughton won a silver medal in the team event at the 2015 Pan American Games, and a bronze in the singles event at the 2019 Pan American Games. [3]

On 3 August 2022, Naughton won silver in the women's singles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, beaten 3-1 by England's Georgina Kennedy. [4] In doing so, Naughton became the first Canadian women to win a medal in the sport of squash at the Commonwealth Games. [5] Naughton also served as Canada's closing ceremony flagbearer. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Hollie Naughton at Squash Info OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Squash Canada - Mayfair Lakeshore 2016 Canadian Squash Championships - General". squashcanada.tournamentsoftware.com.
  3. ↑ "Canada wins 1st medals of Pan Am Games in women's squash". CBC Sports. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  4. ↑ Falkingham, Katie (3 August 2022). "Commonwealth Games: England's Gina Kennedy wins squash gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  5. ↑ Dale, Mike (3 August 2022). "Hollie Naughton: Barnsley-born, Pontefract-based and Canada's first Commonwealth Games squash medallist". The Yorkshire Post . Leeds, England. Retrieved 4 August 2022. Naughton nevertheless becomes the first Canadian woman ever to win a Commonwealth Games squash medal.
  6. ↑ "Hollie Naughton named Canada's flag-bearer for Commonwealth Games closing ceremony". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. Canadian Press. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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