Country | Canada |
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Residence | Oakville, Ontario, Canada |
Born | Barnsley, England | October 21, 1994
Turned Pro | 2012 |
Retired | Active |
Plays | Left Handed |
Coached by | David Palmer |
Women's singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 16 (January 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 20 (May 2024) |
Medal record | |
Updated on 4 August 2022. |
Hollie Naughton, (born October 21, 1994, in Barnsley) is a Canadian professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 16 in January 2022.[1] In 2016, she won her first Canadian Nationals title.[2] She competed at the 2015 Pan American Games, where she won a silver medal in the team event, and at the 2019 Pan American Games, where she won a bronze medal in the singles event.[3]
On 3 August 2022, Naughton won silver in the women's singles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, beaten 3-1 by England's Georgina Kennedy.[4] In doing so, Naughton became the first Canadian women to win a medal in the sport of squash at the Commonwealth Games.[5] Naughton also served as Canada's closing ceremony flagbearer.[6]
Naughton nevertheless becomes the first Canadian woman ever to win a Commonwealth Games squash medal.