Barbara Wall
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox squash player Barbara Wall (born 25 May 1948) is an Australian former professional squash player.[1]
Wall turned professional in 1973, the first Australian woman to do so.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". She travelled overseas in 1976 and, though unseeded, managed to make the final of the British Open the following year where she lost to her compatriot Heather McKay.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Wall followed up with victories in the Danish, Irish, and Belgian Open Championships and a win at the South African Champion of Champions. In 1979, she won the British Open as the number 8 seed, beating Sue Cogswell of England in the final 8–10, 6–9, 9–4, 9–4, 9–3.[2]
Wall represented Australia in the 1979 Women's World Team Squash Championships[3] and trained under Shirley de la Hunty.
Wall was named Western Australian Sports Star of the Year in 1979 and was inducted into the Western Australian Hall of Champions in 1988.
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- ↑ W.A. Hall of Champions inductee booklet. (2006) Published by the Western Australian Institute of Sport
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