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Hollie Naughton

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]

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 Edit this at Wikidata
  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.