Country | Belgium | ||||||||||||||
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Residence | Zandhoven | ||||||||||||||
Born | Aarschot, Belgium | 10 August 1978||||||||||||||
Turned Pro | 1995 | ||||||||||||||
Plays | right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Shaun Moxham | ||||||||||||||
Racquet used | Dunlop | ||||||||||||||
Women's singles | |||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 33 (December, 2002) | ||||||||||||||
Title(s) | French Junior Open Squash (1994) British Junior Open Squash (1997) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 7 May 2018. |
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