Rebecca Best
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 18 January 1964 Sheffield, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right Handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's singles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 6 (July 1988) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebecca Best (born 18 January 1964), married name Rebecca O'Callaghan, is an English-born former professional squash player.[1] She reached a career-high world ranking of 6 in July 1988[2] and was a seven-time champion of Ireland.
Biography
[edit]She was born in Sheffield, but represented Ireland.[3] She won four consecutive silver medals with the Ireland women's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships from 1986 to 1989.[4][5]
Best won the first of her seven Irish national titles in 1987.[6] After securing her fifth national crown in April 1992 she married and competed under her married name thereafter.[2]
In December 1993, O'Callaghan won her seventh and last national title.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Squash Info - Rebecca Best". www.squashinfo.com.
- 1 2 "Squash Info - PSA World Squash Rankings: Rebecca Best - Squash". www.squashinfo.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ↑ "Squash Player NEWS". www.squashplayer.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ↑ "European Team Squash Championships". InterSportStats. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
- ↑ "Men's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events)". Squash Info. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
- ↑ "Magic display gives Hosey championship". Irish Independent. 14 December 1987. p. 11. Retrieved 8 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Hosey's will powers him through to tough victory". Irish Independent. 14 December 1992. p. 32. Retrieved 9 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
   | This biographical article relating to an English squash figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |
 | This biographical article relating to sports in England is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |