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Copying from Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in squash to Category:Commonwealth Games squash players for Australia using Cat-a-lot

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{{short description|Australian squash player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}}
{{Infobox squash player
| name = Kasey Brown
| image = Kasey Brown.jpg
| caption = Kasey Brown, 2009
| fullname =
| nickname =
| country = Australia
| residence = [[New York City]], [[United States]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|8|1}}
| birth_place = [[Taree]], Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 
| weight = 
| turnedpro = 2002
| retired = 2014
| plays = Right Handed
| coach =
| racquet = Harrow
| website =
| event = Women's singles
| years_active =
| highest_ranking = No. 5
| date_of_highest_ranking = December 2011
| WorldOpenresult =
| titles = 11
| finals = 23
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[Squash (sport)|squash]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[WSF World Team Squash Championships|World Team Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2010 Women's World Team Squash Championships|2010 Palmerston North]] | [[Australia women's national squash team|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Squash at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[Squash at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Squash at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]]}}
{{MedalBronze | 2010 Delhi | [[Squash at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's singles|Singles]]}}
{{MedalBronze | 2010 Delhi | [[Squash at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's doubles|Doubles]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[Squash at the 2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 Glasgow]] | [[Squash at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]]}}
| updated = October 2014
}}

'''Kasey Brown''' (born 1 August 1985) is an Australian former [[squash (sport)|squash]] player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in December 2011.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

==Career==
Brown was born in [[Taree]], New South Wales was the Australian junior champion in 2003 and 2004 and was then the senior champion in 2006 and in the same year also won the Australian Open title.{{cn|date=July 2023}} Brown was coached by [[Rodney Martin (squash player)|Rodney Martin]] and was based in [[Greenwich, Connecticut|Greenwich]], [[Connecticut]].{{cn|date=July 2023}}

During 2006, she won five [[Women's International Squash Players Association|WISPA]] events in Australia as well as the Central Open in New Zealand.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

During 2010, Brown established herself as a contender on the [[WSA World Tour|WISPA Tour]] reaching the top ten world rankings at the start of 2010. She started the year with two quarter finals at the Greenwich Open and [[Cleveland Classic]], going down to Egyptians [[Omneya Abdel Kawy]] and [[Raneem El Weleily]]. February saw Brown take her tenth tour title at the Dayton Open. Running out a straight games victory over England's [[Sarah Kippax]] in the final. She reached her first Gold level semi final in March at the Chennai Open, going down to [[Nicol David]] in the semi-final. She again lost out in David in the quarter-final of the [[Kuala Lumpur Open Squash Championships|KL Open]] the following week, pushing the world number one to two tie breaks in the first two games. The next few months saw Brown stack up some solid results, quarter final appearances in Cayman, Malaysia, Australia and Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/339-kasey-brown |title=Profile and results |website=Squash Info |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref>

During the [[2010 Women's World Open Squash Championship]] as the tenth seed she reached the quarter-final defeating [[Madeline Perry]] in the round of sixteen in a 100-minute marathon. [[Omneya Abdel Kawy]] got the better of her again in the quarters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/brown-into-world-open-quarterfinals-20100920-15i9q.html |title=Brown into World Open quarter-finals |website=Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> In October 2010, she represented Australia at the [[Commonwealth Games]] in [[Delhi]] and secured three medals. A truly dramatic win over [[Madeline Perry]] in the quarter-final of the singles was memorable, especially coming from two games down. She lost out to [[Nicol David]] in the semi-final and the received a walk over Alison Waters in the bronze medal play off. She took another bronze medal with teammate [[Donna Urquhart]] in the Women's Doubles. The icing on the cake was the Gold medal she achieved in the Mixed Doubles with partner [[Cameron Pilley]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/52113 |title=Profile and results |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> A semi final in Mexico,and the [[Carol Weymuller Open]] and a quarter final in the [[Qatar Classic]] followed. Another standout moment for Brown came in December as part of the Australian team that won the gold medal at the [[2010 Women's World Team Squash Championships]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldsquash.org/irish-eyes-are-smiling-in-new-zealand-but-only-just/ |title=Australia Reclaim World Team Title in New Zealand |website=World Squash |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> Brown was rewarded for her rise in form by being given Wispa's 'Most Improved Player of the Year' award.

In 2011, she collected her eleventh and biggest tour title at the Greenwich Open with victory over [[Joelle King]] in the final.<ref>[http://www.horizonsoftware.net/entry/wispa/ranking.php?player=T00543 WISPA Player Profile]</ref><ref>[https://www.squashinfo.com/player-339 Player Profile at SquashInfo]</ref>

She retired in October 2014 after competing a last time in the [[Women's United States Open (squash) 2014|US Open]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kasey Brown to retire |url=http://www.squashsite.co.uk/2009/kaseybrownretires.htm |date=8 October 2014}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{WISPA|id=T00543}}
* {{WSA|id=kasey-brown}}
* {{Squash Info}}
* {{CGA profile|kasey-brown}}
* {{CGF profile}}
* {{2010 Commonwealth Games profile|578595}}

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{{s-bef|before=[[Camille Serme]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[WISPA Awards|WISPA Most Improved Player of the Year]]|years=2010}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Raneem El Weleily]]}}
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[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Australian female squash players]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in squash]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in squash]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games squash players for Australia]]
[[Category:Squash players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Squash players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Taree]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from New South Wales]]
[[Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games]]

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