{{Short description|Scottish squash player (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Use British English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox squash player | name = Lisa Aitken | image = | caption = | nationality = British (Scottish) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|02|16}} | birth_place = Dundee, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | height = 165 cm | weight = 59 kg | turnedpro = 2010 | retired = Active | plays = Left Handed | coach = | racquet = Dunlop | event = Women's singles | years_active = | highest_ranking = No. 21 | date_of_highest_ranking = December 2022 | current_ranking = No. 69 | date_of_current_ranking = March 2025 | titles = 7 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's squash}} {{MedalCountry|{{SCO}}}} {{MedalComp|World Doubles Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Glasgow|Mixed doubles}} {{MedalCountry|{{SCO}}}} {{MedalCompetition|National Championships}} {{MedalGold|2018-2020|singles}} }}
'''Lisa Aitken''' (born 16 February 1990) is a professional squash player who represented Scotland at three Commonwealth Games. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 21 in December 2022<ref>[http://www.horizonsolutions.tv/entry/wispa/ranking.php?player=T00795 WISPA Player Profile]</ref><ref>{{Squash Info}}</ref> and is a three-time national champion.
== Career == Atiken represented the Scottish team<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9049683.stm|title=Commonwealth Games 2010: Squash results|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=25 April 2026}}</ref> at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, where she competed in the singles and doubles events<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102074500/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3046/56/all |title=Scotland Delhi 2010 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=25 April 2026}}</ref> reaching the quarter-finals of the women's doubles with Frania Gillen-Buchert and the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles with Harry Leitch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/latest-news/4028-england-australia-malaysia-expected-to-share-commonwealth-games-squash-gold|title=England, Australia & Malaysia Expected To Share Commonwealth Games Squash Gold|publisher=Squash Info|access-date=25 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403142016/http://d2010results.thecgf.com/en/Comp.mvc/DetailedScheduleByDate?sportCode=SQ&expandAll=False|title=Detailed Schedule|publisher=Delhi 2010 Official site|access-date=25 April 2026}}</ref>
Eight years later, Aitken represented the Scottish team again at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia, where she competed in the three events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.squashplayer.co.uk/commgames_18/doubles.htm|title=Doubles 2018|publisher=Squash Player|access-date=25 April 2026}}</ref>
Aitken was three-time national singles champion at the Scottish National Squash Championships in 2018, 2019 and 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishsquash.org/national-champions/ |title=National Champions |website=Scottish Squash |access-date=25 April 2026}}</ref> In 2022, Aitken represented the Scottish team for the third time at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the Birmingham, England, where she competed in the doubles events.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk/sport/squash-duo-called-into-team-scotland-277657/ |title=North Kessock's Greg Lobban and Munlochy's Alan Clyne names in Scotland squash squad for Commonwealth Games in Birmingham next month |website=Ross-shire Journal|date=8 June 2022 |access-date=25 April 2026}}</ref>
In March 2025, Aitken won her 7th PSA title after securing victory in the Odense Open during the 2024–25 PSA Squash Tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/events/11087-womens-odense-open-2025 |title=$9,000 Women's Odense Open 2025, Squash Center Danmark, Odense, Denmark |website=Squash Info |access-date=17 March 2025 }}</ref>
== Personal life == Aitken is engaged to Scotland football captain Rachel Corsie.<ref>{{cite news |title=Grey's Anatomy & missing her girlfriend – at home with Scotland captain Rachel Corsie |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/football/52737075 |accessdate=20 May 2020 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=20 May 2020}}</ref> She has reflected about growing up and playing squash as a member of the LGBT community.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Monteith |first=Stuart |date=2024-06-11 |title=Lisa Aitken reflects on life as an LGBT athlete for Pride Month |url=https://www.scottishsquash.org/lisa-aitken-reflects-on-life-as-an-lgbt-athlete/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Scottish Squash |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{WISPA|id=T00795}} * {{WSA|id=lisa-aitken}} * {{SquashInfo|id=2214}} * {{PSA|new_id=lisa-aitken}} * {{Team Scotland|lisa-aitken}} * {{CGF profile}} * {{2010 Commonwealth Games profile|729372}} * {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|squash/athlete-profile-n6030131-lisa-aitken}} * {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|52796}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aitken, Lisa}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Scottish female squash players Category:Scottish LGBTQ sportspeople Category:LGBTQ squash players Category:Sportspeople from Dundee Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland Category:Squash players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Category:Squash players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Squash players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:21st-century Scottish sportswomen