Suzanne Horner

Suzanne Horner
(née Burgess)
Country England
Born (1963-02-23) 23 February 1963
Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Highest rankingNo. 2 (September 1994)
Medal record
Women's squash
Representing  England
World Championships
1994 Saint Peter Port Singles
1998 Stuttgart Singles
World Team Championships
1989 Warmond Team
1990 Sydney Team
1994 Saint Peter Port Team
1996 Petaling Jaya Team
1998 Stuttgart Team
Commonwealth Games
1998 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
European Team Championships
1987 Vienna Team
1989 Helsinki Team
1993 Aix-en-Provence Team
1994 Zoetermeer Team
1996 Amsterdam Team
1999 Linz Team

Suzanne Horner (née Burgess, born 23 February 1963)[1] is an English former professional squash player.

Biography

Horner was runner-up at the British Open in 1990 and 1993. In 1994, she captured the US Open title and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 2. She won the British National Squash Championships in 1994 and 1996.[2] She was a silver Commonwealth medallist in Kuala Lumpur in 1998, when she competed with Simon Parke in the mixed doubles competition. She won the World Over-35 Championship in 1999.[3]

Her greatest successes were being part of the successful England team that won the 1989 Women's World Team Squash Championships in Warmond, Netherlands and the 1990 Women's World Team Squash Championships in Sydney, Australia.[4]

Horner won six gold medals for the England women's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships, one in 1987 under her maiden name of Burgess, and five more in 1989, 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1999.[5][6]

World Team Championships

Finals: 5 (2 title, 3 runner-up)

Outcome Year Location Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1989 Women's World Team Squash Championships Warmond, Netherlands Australia 3-0
Winner 1990 Women's World Team Squash Championships Sydney, Australia Australia 2-1
Runner-up 1994 Women's World Team Squash Championships Saint Peter Port, Guernsey Australia 3-0
Runner-up 1996 Women's World Team Squash Championships Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Australia 2-1
Runner-up 1998 Women's World Team Squash Championships Stuttgart, Germany Australia 3-0

See also

References

  1. ^ Profile at WISPA accessed August 8, 2007
  2. ^ National Squash Championships History Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 8, 2007
  3. ^ Profile at Squashpics.com Archived 2007-02-26 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 8, 2007
  4. ^ "Women's World Team Championships" (PDF). worldsquash.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  5. ^ "European Team Squash Championships". InterSportStats. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Men's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events)". Squash Info. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
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