# Nele Coll

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{{short description|Belgian squash player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox squash player
| name              = Nele Coll<br>(née Gillis)
| image                   = Nele Gilis EICC2017 (cropped).jpg
| caption                 = Nele Gillis in 2017
| fullname                = 
| nickname                = 
| country                 = Belgium
| birth_date              = {{Birth date and age|1996|2|20|df=y}}
| birth_place             = [Mol](/source/Mol%2C_Belgium), Belgium
| death_date              = 
| death_place             = 
| spouse                  = {{marriage|[Paul Coll](/source/Paul_Coll)|2024}}
| height                  = 158cm
| weight                  = 58kg
| turnedpro               = 2013
| retired                 = 
| plays                   = Right Handed
| coach                   = [Ronny Vlassaks](/source/Ronny_Vlassaks)
| racquet                 = Head
| website                 = 
| event                   = Women's singles 
| years_active            = 
| highest_ranking         = No. 4
| date_of_highest_ranking = November 2023
| current_ranking         = No. 12
| date_of_current_ranking = 3 November 2025
| WorldOpenresult         = QF ([2023 PSA Women's World Squash Championship](/source/2023_PSA_Women's_World_Squash_Championship))
| titles                  = 10
| finals                  = 18
| medaltemplates          =
{{MedalSport | Women's [squash](/source/squash_(sport))}}
{{MedalCountry | {{BEL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [World Team Championships](/source/WSF_World_Team_Squash_Championships)}}
{{MedalBronze | [2024 Hong Kong](/source/2024_Women's_World_Team_Squash_Championships) | [Team](/source/Belgium_women's_national_squash_team)}}
| updated                 = 
}}

'''Nele Coll''' ({{nee|'''Gilis'''}}, born 20 February 1996) is a professional [squash](/source/squash_(sport)) player who represents Belgium. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in November 2023.<ref>{{Squash Info}}</ref>

== Career ==
As a junior, Coll had significant success and became well-established internationally. She was the [European Junior Squash Championships](/source/European_Junior_Squash_Championships) champion in 2014 and a semifinalist at the [British Junior Open Squash 2015](/source/British_Junior_Open_Squash_2015).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.squashsite.co.uk/2016/nelegilisharrow.htm|title=Nele Gilis Harrow Squash Interview|website=www.squashsite.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.squashsite.co.uk/bjo/2015_seeds.htm|title=2015 Seeds|website=www.squashsite.co.uk}}</ref>

Coll clinched her first [PSA World Tour](/source/PSA_World_Tour) title in 2016 at the Open International Des Volcans with a 3–1 win over [Amanda Landers-Murphy](/source/Amanda_Landers-Murphy) leading her to break into the world’s top 40. The next year Nele picked up her second title in the final of the [Irish Open](/source/Irish_Open_(squash)) in five games against England's [Millie Tomlinson](/source/Millie_Tomlinson).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://psaworldtour.com/players/view/8016/nele-gilis|title=Nele Gilis &#124; Professional Squash Association|website=psaworldtour.com}}</ref> Later in 2017 at the start of the season in September, she achieved the biggest result of her professional career at the [PSA W25](/source/PSA_W25) [Open International de Squash de Nantes](/source/Open_International_de_Squash_de_Nantes) after reaching the final but coming up short against Englishwoman [Fiona Moverley](/source/Fiona_Moverley).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/events/7329-womens-open-international-de-squash-de-nantes-2017|title=Squash Info &#124; Women's Open International de Squash de Nantes 2017 &#124; Squash|website=www.squashinfo.com}}</ref>

In May 2023, she reached the quarter final of the [2023 PSA Women's World Squash Championship](/source/2023_PSA_Women's_World_Squash_Championship), before losing to [Joelle King](/source/Joelle_King).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldsquashchamps.com/draws/ |title=2023 World Championship draws |website=PSA |access-date=9 May 2023}}</ref>

In May 2024, Gillis helped Belgium win their first ever [European Squash Team Championships](/source/European_Squash_Team_Championships)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.belganewsagency.eu/squash-sisters-lead-belgium-to-first-european-title |title=Sisters lead Belgium to first European squash title |website=Belga News Agency | date=4 May 2024 |access-date=20 December 2024 }}</ref> and was a shock third round loser at the [2024 PSA Women's World Squash Championship](/source/2024_PSA_Women's_World_Squash_Championship).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/events/10361-womens-world-championship-2024 |title=$565,000 Women's 2023-2024 CIB PSA World Championship 2024, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo, Egypt |website=Squash Info  |access-date=20 December 2024 }}</ref> Later that year in December 2024, now married and competing as Nele Coll, she helped Belgium win the bronze medal at the [2024 Women's World Team Squash Championships](/source/2024_Women's_World_Team_Squash_Championships).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldsquash.sport/breaking-wsf-world-squash-team-championship-semi-final-egypt-v-belgium/ |title=BREAKING: Egypt storm past Belgium to reach WSF World Squash Team Championship final |website=World Squash | date=13 December 2024 |access-date=25 August 2025 }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Her younger sister [Tinne Gilis](/source/Tinne_Gilis) is also a professional squash player and her fellow competitor on the PSA World Tour. Her younger brother [Jo Gilis](/source/Jo_Gilis) is a professional footballer in Belgium who has represented the Belgian national [under-16](/source/Belgium_national_under-16_football_team) and [under-17](/source/Belgium_national_under-17_football_team) football teams.

She married professional squash player [Paul Coll](/source/Paul_Coll) of New Zealand in July 2024.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{WISPA|id=T01395}}
*{{WSA|id=nele-gilis}}
*{{SquashInfo|id=4985}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Coll, Nele}}
Category:Belgian female squash players
Category:Living people
Category:1996 births
Category:Competitors at the 2017 World Games
Category:Sportspeople from Mol, Belgium
Category:21st-century Belgian sportswomen

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