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'''Angela Grisar''' (born May 2, 1973) is a Chilean retired racquetball player. She was the first South American woman's racquetball player to finish in the top 10 on the women's pro tour, doing so six straight seasons (2003-04 to 2008–09). She won numerous medals for Chile in international competitions, including at four [http://www.internationalracquetball.com International Racquetball Federation (IRF)] World Championships and three Pan American Games.
== International career ==
Grisar was runner up in singles at the World Championships twice: in 2004,<ref name="internationalracquetball.com">{{Cite web |url=http://internationalracquetball.com/racquetball/recordbook/irf-recordsbooks/match-results.aspx |title=IRF:: International Racquetball Federation - Match Results |access-date=2014-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423030936/http://internationalracquetball.com/racquetball/recordbook/irf-recordsbooks/match-results.aspx |archive-date=2014-04-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> when she lost to Cheryl Gudinas in the final in Anyang, South Korea, and 2006,<ref name="internationalracquetball.com"/> Canadian Christie Van Hees in the final in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Grisar has also been runner up in doubles twice at Worlds. She did it in 2006 with Fabiola Marquez, when they lost to Americans Laura Fenton and Aimee Ruiz,<ref name="internationalracquetball.com"/> and in 2012 with Carla Muñoz,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://internationalracquetball.com/media/2299/Llave-WD-2.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-02-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120070759/http://internationalracquetball.com/media/2299/Llave-WD-2.pdf |archivedate=2013-01-20 }}</ref> when they lost to Paola Longoria and Samantha Salas. Her latest medal at Worlds came in 2014, when she was a bronze medalist in Women's Doubles with Carla Muñoz.
Grisar was a double medalist at the 2006 Pan American Championships,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=10471|title=SIRC News Hub - SIRC|website=www.sirc.ca}}</ref> when she got bronze in singles and silver in doubles with Fabiola Marquez.
In 2007, she was again a bronze medalist in singles at the Pan American Championships,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=15187|title=SIRC News Hub - SIRC|website=www.sirc.ca|access-date=2014-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430220633/http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=15187|archive-date=2012-04-30|url-status=dead}}</ref> and again a silver medalist in doubles with Marquez at the 2008 Pan American Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=20713|title=SIRC News Hub - SIRC|website=www.sirc.ca|access-date=2014-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430220726/http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=20713|archive-date=2012-04-30|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Grisar has two doubles medals with Carla Muñoz. They got bronze at the 2011 Pan American Games, and at the 2013 Pan American Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6zikx99p4xqjm6v/Br25b-_Cr3/3-Llaves/Llave-Women+Doubles-2.pdf|title=Dropbox - Error|website=Dropbox}}</ref>
Grisar has three other bronze medals in singles: one from the 2004 Pan American Championships, when she lost to Canadian Lori-Jane Powell in the semi-finals,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racquetball.ca/en/tournaments/toa/2004/WOSelim.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-02-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227220006/http://www.racquetball.ca/en/tournaments/toa/2004/WOSelim.pdf |archivedate=2014-02-27 }}</ref> one from the 2011 Pan American Championships, when she lost to Samantha Salas in semi-finals,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://internationalracquetball.com/media/7882/wsresultfinal.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-02-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120071024/http://internationalracquetball.com/media/7882/wsresultfinal.pdf |archivedate=2013-01-20 }}</ref> and the other at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
== Professional career == Grisar won one women's pro tournament, which came in 2007 in Miami, where she defeated Kerri Wachtel in the final, Rhonda Rajsich in the semi-finals and Kristen Walsh Bellows in the quarter finals.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://ladiesproracquetball.com/draws/miami_2007_32.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070401020658/http://ladiesproracquetball.com/draws/miami_2007_32.pdf|archive-date = 2007-04-01|title = Ladies' Pro Raquetball - LPR Association}}</ref> She was a semi-finalist at the US Open in 2007 and a US Open quarter finalist on five other occasions.
Over her career, Grisar was a top 10 player on the women's pro tour rankings for six consecutive seasons from 2003–04 to 2008–09. Her highest ranking was 4th at the end of the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons.
== Personal life== Grisar currently lives in San Ramon, California, where she is a health club manager in Fremont, California. She graduated from the Universidad Católica de Chile in 1997 (journalism & social communication) and the Universidad de Chile in 2006 (masters in anthropology & social development).
== See also == * List of racquetball players
== References == {{reflist|30em}}
== External links == * {{Cite web |url=http://www.lprtour.com/angela_grisar.asp |title=Grisar's LPRT player page |access-date=February 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227175123/http://www.lprtour.com/angela_grisar.asp |archive-date=February 27, 2014 |url-status=dead }}
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