Suzanne Horner

Suzanne Horner
(née Burgess)

Personal information
Born	(1963-02-23) 23 February 1963 Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Sport
Country	England
Highest ranking	No. 2 (September 1994)
Medal record Women's squash Representing England World Championships Bronze medal – third place 1994 Saint Peter Port Singles Bronze medal – third place 1998 Stuttgart Singles World Team Championships Gold medal – first place 1989 Warmond Team Gold medal – first place 1990 Sydney Team Silver medal – second place 1994 Saint Peter Port Team Silver medal – second place 1996 Petaling Jaya Team Silver medal – second place 1998 Stuttgart Team Commonwealth Games Silver medal – second place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles European Team Championships Gold medal – first place 1987 Vienna Team Gold medal – first place 1989 Helsinki Team Gold medal – first place 1993 Aix-en-Provence Team Gold medal – first place 1994 Zoetermeer Team Gold medal – first place 1996 Amsterdam Team Gold medal – first place 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 in Kuala Lumpur in 1998, when she competed with Simon Parke in the mixed doubles competition. She won the World Over-35 Championship in 1999.

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.

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