Victoria Lust
{{short description|English squash player (born 1989)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox squash player
| name = Victoria Lust
| image = Victoria Lust 2016.jpg
| caption = Victoria Lust, Monte-Carlo Squash Classic 2016
| country = England
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1989|5|2}}
| birth_place = Luton, England
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height =
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| retired = 2020
| plays = Right Handed
| coach = Keir Worth & Paul Carter
| racquet = HEAD
| website =
| event = Women's singles
| highest_ranking = No. 12
| date_of_highest_ranking = June 2019
| titles = 4
| finals = 12
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's squash }}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Team Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 2016 Issy-les-Moulineaux | Team}}
{{MedalSilver | 2018 Dalian | Team}}
{{MedalCompetition | European Team Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 2015 Herning | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 2016 Warsaw | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 2017 Helsinki | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 2018 Wrocław | Team}}
{{MedalSilver | 2019 Birmingham | Team}}
}}
Victoria Lust (born 2 May 1989 in Luton) is an English former professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 12 in June 2019.[http://www.horizonsoftware.net/entry/wispa/ranking.php?player=T00770 WISPA player profile]{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/1651-victoria-lust |title=Profile and world ranking |website=Squash Info |access-date=6 June 2025}}
Biography
In 2016, she was part of the English team that won the silver medal at the 2016 Women's World Team Squash Championships.{{cite web |url=https://cairoscene.com/Buzz/Egypt-beats-England-Winning-Women-s-World-Team-Squash-Championship |title=Egypt Beats England, Winning Women's World Team Squash Championship |website=Cairo Scene |access-date=20 December 2022}} Two years later, she was again a member of the silver medalist English team at the 2018 Women's World Team Squash Championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/squash/45542303 |title=Women's World Team Championship squash: Egypt beat England to retain title |website=BBC Sport |access-date=19 December 2022}}
Lust won four consecutive gold medals for the England women's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships from 2015 to 2018.{{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}}
She retired from professional squash in March 2020. After that, she moved to Victoria, in British Columbia, and worked at St. Michaels University School as a squash teacher before moving to Seattle in the United States, after receiving another job offer.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{WISPA|T00770}}
- {{WSA|victoria-lust}}
- {{Squash Info|1651}}
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Category:English female squash players
Category:Sportspeople from Luton
Category:21st-century English sportswomen
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