Satomi Watanabe
{{Short description|Japanese squash player (born 1999)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox squash player
| name = Satomi Watanabe
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| country = Japan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|01|15}}
| birth_place = Yokohama, Japan
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| turnedpro = 2014
| retired = Active
| plays = Right Handed
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| racquet = Tecnifibre
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| event = Women's singles
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| highest_ranking = No. 9
| date_of_highest_ranking = April 2025
| current_ranking = No. 9
| date_of_current_ranking = April 2025
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{{MedalSport | Women's squash }}
{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Asian Games}}
{{MedalBronze | 2018 Jakarta | Team }}
{{MedalBronze | 2022 Hangzhou | Singles }}
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{{Nihongo|Satomi Watanabe|渡邉 聡美|Watanabe Satomi|born 15 January 1999}} is a Japanese professional squash player.{{cite web|url=https://psaworldtour.com/rankings/world_tour?g=women|title=PSA World Tour Rankings - The Professional Squash Association|website=psaworldtour.com|access-date=22 February 2018|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205122004/https://psaworldtour.com/rankings/world_tour?g=women|url-status=dead}} She reached a career high ranking of number 9 in the world during April 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/7254-satomi-watanabe|title=Squash Info - Satomi Watanabe|website=www.squashinfo.com}}
Career
Watanabe has won multiple junior and professional PSA tournaments and has represented Japan internationally.
In 2022, she was part of the Japanese team at the 2022 Women's World Team Squash Championships and was voted the MVP for the event after winning all of her six matches.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldsquash.org/japans-satomi-watanabe-announced-as-mvp-of-2022-wsf-womens-world-team-championship/ |title=Japan's Satomi Watanabe announced as MVP of 2022 WSF Women's World Team Championship |website=World Squash |access-date=19 December 2022}}
In January 2025, Watanabe won her 10th PSA title after securing victory in Cleveland's Squash in the Land during the 2024–25 PSA Squash Tour.{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/events/11006-womens-squash-in-the-land-2025 |title=$88,750 Women's Squash in the Land 2025, Playhouse Square Outcalt Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio, USA |website=Squash Info |access-date=25 January 2025 }}
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Category:Japanese female squash players
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in squash
Category:Squash players at the 2014 Asian Games
Category:Squash players at the 2018 Asian Games
Category:Squash players at the 2022 Asian Games
Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen
Category:Competitors at the 2022 World Games
Category:Sportspeople from Yokohama
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