Elena Wagenmans
Country Netherlands
Residence United States
Born (2000-09-09) 9 September 2000
 Belgium, Brussels
Height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
RetiredActive
PlaysRight Handed
Racquet usedTecnifibre
Women's singles
Highest rankingNo. 147 (January 2017)
Current rankingNo. 147 (January 2017)
Last updated: 1 January 2016.

Elena Wagenmans (born 9 September 2000 in Brussels) is a squash player best known for representing the senior national team of the Netherlands since the age of 13. At the age of 17, she enrolled in the Stanford University class of 2022.

Career

Wagenmans reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 147 in January 2017.[1][2] She won the US Junior Squash Open Under-11 category in 2009 and 2010, the Dutch Junior Open Under-13 in 2013, and the Dutch National Junior Title Under-19 in 2014. In 2015, she won the Pioneer Under-15 and the Portuguese Open Under-19. A year later, she notched four notable 3-0 wins against top 100 players.[3]

National Team

Wagenmans started playing on the Netherlands women's national squash team in 2014 at age 13, the same year she won the national junior title under 19.[4] Wagenmans was part of the victorious Dutch Women's national team that won the gold medal at the 2015 European Squash Championships in the second division, her second selection at senior level.

Stanford

Wagenmans is enrolled in Stanford University, attracted by its engineering program.[5][6] She plays No. 1 on the Stanford squash team and provided the clinching point in Stanford's victory over Princeton in the CSA National Championships historical third-place match in 2019.[7][8] She was named to the First Team All-America selection, a first in the university's history.[9][10]

Prior to Stanford, Wagenmans attended Lakeside School, the high school in the United States where Bill Gates and Paul Allen met.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Squash Info | Elena Wagenmans | Squash".
  2. ↑ "Elena Wagenmans - Professional Squash Association".
  3. ↑ "Elena Wagenmans - Professional Squash Association".
  4. ↑ "Elena (13) squasht tegen wereldtoppers".
  5. ↑ "World Wise".
  6. ↑ "Stanford squashes George Washington in a 9-0 blowout". 10 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "CSA Announces 2018-2019 All-America Selections | College Squash Association".
  8. ↑ "Best Weekend Ever".
  9. ↑ "Squash".
  10. ↑ https://m.stanford.edu/default/device/large-bot/athletics_news/index?feed=womens_squash_news&id=https%3A%2F%2Fgostanford.com%2Fnews%2F2019%2F6%2F22%2Fsquash-2018-19-season-in-review.aspx
  11. ↑ "North Seattle school where Paul Allen and Bill Gates met mourns loss of software icon". 16 October 2018.
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