Samantha Cornett

{{Short description|Canadian squash player (born 1991)}}

{{Infobox squash player

| name = Samantha Cornett

| image = Cornett 2019 Pan Am Games.jpg

| caption = Samantha Cornett, Lima 2019 Pan Am Games

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| country = {{CAN}}

| residence = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|2|4}}

| birth_place = Deep River, Ontario, Canada

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| height = 177 cm

| weight = 68 kg

| turnedpro = 2007

| retired = 2020

| plays = Right Handed

| coach = Heather Wallace & Jessica Di Mauro

| racquet = Harrow

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| event = Women's singles

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| highest_ranking = No. 23

| date_of_highest_ranking = February, 2018

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| titles = 13

| finals = 21

| medaltemplates ={{MedalSport | Women's Squash}}

{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2011 Guadalajara | Team}}

{{MedalSilver| 2011 Guadalajara | Singles }}

{{MedalSilver| 2015 Toronto | Doubles }}

{{MedalSilver| 2015 Toronto | Team }}

{{MedalSilver | 2019 Lima | Doubles }}

{{MedalSilver | 2019 Lima | Team }}

{{MedalBronze| 2015 Toronto | Singles }}

{{MedalBronze | 2019 Lima | Singles }}

| updated = April, 2020

}}

Samantha Jean Lardner Cornett (born February 4, 1991) is a Canadian retired professional squash player. She is from Deep River, Ontario. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 23 in February 2018.[http://www.horizonsoftware.net/entry/wispa/ranking.php?player=T00742 WISPA player profile]{{Squash Info}}

She has won 4 Canadian National Championships, in 2013,{{Cite web|url=https://psaworldtour.com/players/view/7890/samantha-cornett?tab=info|title = Samantha Cornett - Professional Squash Association}} 2014, 2015,{{Cite web|url=https://www.odsa.ca/about/profiles/samantha-cornett/|title=Samantha Cornett}} and 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/samantha-cornett/|title = Samantha Cornett}}

She won two medals at the 2011 Pan American Games, a gold in the team event alongside Miranda Ranieri, & Stephanie Edmison, and a silver in the singles event. Cornett later won three medals at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, and three medals at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima.

In January 2018, Cornett was named to Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games team.{{cite web|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/squash-athletes-nominated-to-2018-commonwealth-games-671830163.html|title=Squash Athletes Nominated to 2018 Commonwealth Games|date=30 January 2018|website=www.newswire.ca/|publisher=CNW Group Ltd.|access-date=18 March 2018}} In April 2020, she retired from professional squash.{{Cite web |title=Samantha Cornett has announced her retirement from professional squash |url=https://blog.controlthet.com/blog/samantha-cornett-has-announced-her-retirement-from-professional-squash |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=blog.controlthet.com |language=en}}