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Susana Acosta

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Susana Acosta is a Mexican racquetball player, born on 8 December 1976 in Chihuahua, Mexico. A left handed player, she has won several gold medals for Mexico, including at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, where she and Rosy Torres won the first women's racquetball gold medal ever awarded at a Pan American Games, in women's doubles. She also won gold in women's singles at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, beating Claudine Garcia of the Dominican Republic in the final. Acosta began playing the women's professional tour in 1998 and has played on the Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour, where she has been ranked as high as fourth, in 2012-13. In 1999 she reached the semi-finals of the US Open and finished fifth in the pro rankings, her first top 10 finish.

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Birth Year
1976 1
Gender
Female 1
Medals or Titles Band
5+ 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
Competition Category
Mixed or Doubles 1
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is a Mexican racquetball player
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1. Susana Acosta (Wikipedia)
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    Susana Acosta (born 8 December 1976)
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    She's also played on the Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT) and been ranked as high as 4th
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    is a Mexican racquetball player
  • Article, honours and titles
    Acosta has won several gold medals for Mexico
  • Article, events won
    Acosta won gold in Women’s Singles at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
  • Article, events won, competition category
    Acosta and Rosy Torres won the first women's racquetball gold medal at a Pan American Games
  • Competed In: Pan American Games, Body, international career
    Acosta and Rosy Torres won the first women's racquetball gold medal at a Pan American Games when they won gold in Women's Doubles at the 2003 Pan American Games
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