{{Short description|British squash and tennis player}} {{About|the British squash and tennis player|the English cricketer|Alexander Cowie|the Scottish football player|George Cowie}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Alex Cowie<br>née Alex Soady | image = | country_represented = Great Britain | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|05|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Birmingham, England | death_date = | death_place = | height = | plays = | careerprizemoney = | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = | Wimbledonresult = 2R (1967, 1968, 1971, 1972) | doublesrecord = | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = | WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R (1967, 1968, 1969, 1970) | WimbledonMixedresult = 3R (1969, 1972) |medaltemplates-expand = Yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalSport|Women's squash}} {{MedalCompetition | European Team Championships}} {{MedalGold | 1985 Barcelona | Team}} }} '''Alexandra Cowie''' née '''Soady''' (born 11 May 1947) is a British former international squash and tennis player. She competed under her maiden name Alex Soady until 1969.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Easton |first1=Richard |title=Old team-mates edge towards clash: England manager Cowie |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/squash-old-teammates-edge-towards-clash-england-manager-cowie-awaits-semifinal-battle-with-friend-and-rival-cogswell-1442739.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223043919/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/squash-old-teammates-edge-towards-clash-england-manager-cowie-awaits-semifinal-battle-with-friend-and-rival-cogswell-1442739.html |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |work=The Independent |date=12 October 1994 |language=en}}</ref>
== Biography == Initially a tennis player, Cowie made several appearances at Wimbledon in the 1960s and 1970s.
Cowie featured at the World Squash Championships in 1985 and 1987. She was later the coach of Cassie Jackman and served as team manager of the women's national team.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hurrell |first1=Alex |title=Shock and disbelief over Norfolk-born world champ's visa bombshell |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/local-council/shock-and-disbelief-over-norfolk-born-world-champ-s-visa-754886 |work=Eastern Daily Press |date=22 April 2015 |language=en-UK}}</ref> Cowie won a gold medal for the England women's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships at the 1985 European Squash Team Championships in Barcelona.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://intersportstats.com/competition_types/292 |title=European Team Squash Championships |website=InterSportStats |access-date=24 May 2026}}</ref>
Her son Stuart Cowie was a Scottish international squash player.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002133/19920603/315/0024 |title=Squash |work=Northampton Chronicle and Echo |date=3 June 1992 |page=24 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=16 April 2026}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{WTA|323284}} * {{ITF profile|alex-cowie/800174469/gbr}}
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