Angela Smith

Angela Smith is an English retired professional squash player, born on 3 July 1953 in Stoke-on-Trent, who reached a career-high world ranking of 2 in May 1986. She was the first female squash player to turn professional and was widely recognized for changing the face of women's squash by doing so. She was British champion in 1976, reached the British Open semi-finals eight times and won the Spanish, Portuguese, Canadian, US, Norwegian, Israel and Bermuda Opens. She was part of the winning British team at the 1979 Women's World Team Squash Championships and helped form WISPA, the professional ladies' body for squash, in 1979. She later coached in the United States, the Bahamas, Spain and Hong Kong.