Lucy Soutter
{{Short description|English squash player (born 1967)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox squash player
| name= Lucy Soutter
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| country = {{ENG}}
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|17 March 1967}}
| birth_place = Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
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| highest_ranking = No. 3
| date_of_highest_ranking = May 1986
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{{MedalSport | Women's squash }}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalBronze | 1985 Dublin | Singles }}
{{MedalCompetition | European Team Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 1986 Aix-en-Provence | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 1989 Helsinki | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 1991 Gelsenkirchen | Team}}
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Lucy Soutter (born 17 March 1967) is a former professional squash player from England. She was part of the successful England team that won the 1987 Women's World Team Squash Championships in Auckland, New Zealand and the 1990 Women's World Team Squash Championships in Perth, Australia.
Biography
Soutter was runner-up at the British Open in 1987, where she lost in the final to Susan Devoy of New Zealand 2–9, 4–9, 9–4, 9–2, 9–1.{{cite web |title=British Open Squash Women's Finals 1947-2008 |url=http://britishopen.isportgroup.com/Draws-%281%29.aspx |publisher=British Squash Open Championships |accessdate=2010-10-30}} She won the British National Squash Championship title in 1983, 1985 and 1989.{{cite web|title=National Championships Hall of Fame |url=http://www.nationalsquashchamps.co.uk/2005/history.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928061420/http://www.nationalsquashchamps.co.uk/2005/history.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-09-28 |publisher=National Squash Championships |accessdate=2010-10-30 }} In 1984, a then 17-year-old and British Junior champion, Soutter won the ICI Perspex World Masters title, beating the World no. 1, Susan Devoy, 9-0, 2-9, 9-2, 6-9, 9-5.{{cite news |title=Lucy (17) shocks World No. 1 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3Rc-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=MkoMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2060,6659568&dq=lucy-soutter+squash&hl=en |newspaper=Evening Times |page=41 |date=1984-10-31 |accessdate=2010-10-31}}
Soutter won three gold medals for the England women's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships in 1986, 1989 and 1991.{{cite web|url=https://intersportstats.com/competition_types/292 |title=European Team Squash Championships |website=InterSportStats |access-date=6 June 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/history/100/mens/european-team-championship |title=Men's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events) |website=Squash Info |access-date=6 June 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{Squash Info|1616}}
{{World Series squash women's champions}}
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Category:English female squash players
Category:Sportspeople from Cirencester
Category:Sportspeople from Gloucestershire
Category:20th-century English sportswomen
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