Suzanne Horner

Suzanne Horner
(née Burgess)

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1963-02-23) 23 February 1963 Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Sport
Highest ranking	No. 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) 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. She was a silver Commonwealth medallist for the 1998 England team at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, when she competed with Simon Parke in the mixed doubles competition.

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.

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.

She won the World Over-35 Championship in 1999.

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

• Official Women's Squash World Ranking

External links

• Suzanne Horner at Squash Info