Ruth Strauss
| Country |  England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 14 March 1963 Southend-on-Sea, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 18 (January 1985) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ruth Strauss (born 14 March 1963) is a former English professional squash player. She reached a career high ranking of 18 in the world during January 1985 and was three-times European team champion.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Strauss born in Southend-on-Sea, played for the Thorpe Bay club in Southend.[3]
In 1977 she was the youngest girl to reach the final of the British Girls' squash championship[4] and by 1978 was the number 1 ranked British U19 player.[5] Later that year she was also ranked the number 1 British U23 player at the age of only 15 and broke into the British top 10 at senior level.[6]
In January 1980, she received her first England call up for the home international squash championships.[7] Strauss became British U23 champion and won three gold medals for the England women's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships during the 1982 European Squash Team Championships, 1983 European Squash Team Championships and 1986 European Squash Team Championships.[8][9]
Additionally, she won a silver medal for England at the 1983 Women's World Team Squash Championships, where England finished as runners-up, losing 2-1 in the final to Australia.[10][11]
After a decade of representing England, she had dropped out of the British top ten in 1989 but continued to play for Essex at county level and Courtlands at club level.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Squash stars play here". Worthing Herald. 4 January 1985. Retrieved 9 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Ruth Strauss (England)". Squash Info. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ "The ladies gain their revenge". Herts and Essex Observer. 22 January 1976. Retrieved 9 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Ruth is youngest girl to reach final". Birmingham Daily Post. 7 January 1977. Retrieved 9 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "London juniors make championship marks". Evening News (London). 5 January 1978. Retrieved 9 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Ruth's title chance". Evening News (London). 16 November 1978. Retrieved 9 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "England's five new caps". Grimsby Daily Telegraph. 9 January 1980. Retrieved 9 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "European Team Squash Championships". InterSportStats. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ "Women's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events)". Squash Info. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ Palmer, Michael (1984). Guinness Book of Squash. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-270-1.
- ^ "Women's World Team Championship 1983" (PDF). worldsquash.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Men from the Pru sponsoring squash". Harlow Star. 14 January 1988. Retrieved 9 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.