# Sarah Campion

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{{Short description|English squash player (born 1983)}}
{{about||the English-born New Zealand author|Sarah Campion (writer)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox squash player
| name                    = Sarah Campion<br>(née Kippax)
| image                   = Sarah Campion 2020 (cropped).jpg
| caption                 = Campion in 2020
| nationality             = British (English)
| birth_date              = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1983|5|10}}
| birth_place             = [Chester](/source/Chester), England
| death_date              = 
| death_place             = 
| height                  = 
| weight                  = 
| turnedpro               = 2001
| retired                 = 2014
| plays                   = Right Handed
| coach                   = David Campion<br />David Pearson
| racquet                 = [Dunlop](/source/Dunlop_Sport)
| event                   = Women's singles 
| highest_ranking         = No. 15
| date_of_highest_ranking = November 2011
| titles                  = 9
| finals                  = 15
| medaltemplates          =
{{MedalSport | Women's [squash](/source/squash_(sport))}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [World Team Championships](/source/WSF_World_Team_Squash_Championships)}}
{{MedalSilver | [2010 Palmerston North](/source/2010_Women's_World_Team_Squash_Championships) | [Team](/source/England_women's_national_squash_team)}}
{{MedalSilver | [2012 Nîmes](/source/2012_Women's_World_Team_Squash_Championships) | [Team](/source/England_women's_national_squash_team)}}
{{MedalCompetition | [European Team Championships](/source/European_Squash_Team_Championships)}}
{{MedalBronze | [2010 Aix-en-Provence](/source/2010_European_Squash_Team_Championships) | [Team](/source/England_women's_national_squash_team)}}
{{MedalGold | [2011 Espoo](/source/2011_European_Squash_Team_Championships) | [Team](/source/England_women's_national_squash_team)}}
{{MedalGold | [2012 Nuremberg](/source/2012_European_Squash_Team_Championships) | [Team](/source/England_women's_national_squash_team)}}
}}

'''Sarah Campion''' ([née](/source/n%C3%A9e) '''Kippax''', born 10 May 1983) is a British former professional [squash](/source/Squash_(sport)) player who represented England. She reached a career high ranking of 15 [in the world](/source/squash_rankings) during November 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/343-sarah-campion |title=Profile and world ranking |website=Squash Info  |access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Based in [Halifax](/source/Halifax%2C_West_Yorkshire), she became the first English woman in almost ten years to win three successive women's world tour titles when she clinched the Malco Open in Sweden in March 2009.

She enjoyed a whirlwind second half to the year 2010 after she was selected for the [2010 England team](/source/England_at_the_2010_Commonwealth_Games)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018044725/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3046 |title=England Delhi 2010 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=15 April 2026}}</ref> at the [2010 Commonwealth Games](/source/2010_Commonwealth_Games) in Delhi, India.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/delhi-2010 |title=Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games |website=Team England |access-date=15 April 2026}}</ref> In the [singles](/source/Squash_at_the_2010_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_singles) she reached the third round as the 10th seed. She also reached the quarter finals of the [doubles](/source/Squash_at_the_2010_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_doubles).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/59905 |title=Sarah Kippax profile |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9049683.stm |title=Commonwealth Games 2010: Squash results |date=30 September 2010 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=15 April 2026}}</ref> Soon after, she was part of the English team that won the silver medal at the [2010 Women's World Team Squash Championships](/source/2010_Women's_World_Team_Squash_Championships).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldsquash.org/irish-eyes-are-smiling-in-new-zealand-but-only-just/ |title=Australia Reclaim World Team Title in New Zealand |website=World Squash |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref>

She reached her career-high world ranking of World No. 15 in November 2011<ref>[http://www.horizonsoftware.net/entry/wispa/ranking.php?player=T00507 WISPA player profile]</ref><ref>[https://www.squashinfo.com/player-343 SquashInfo Player Profile]</ref> and in 2012, she was part of the England team that won the silver medal at the [2012 Women's World Team Squash Championships](/source/2012_Women's_World_Team_Squash_Championships).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/events/4471-womens-world-team-championship-2012 |title=Women's WSF World Team Championship 2012, La Parnasse Arena, Nimes, France |website=Squash info |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> 

Kippax won two gold medals for the [England women's national squash team](/source/England_women's_national_squash_team) at the [European Squash Team Championships](/source/European_Squash_Team_Championships) in 2011 and 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://intersportstats.com/competition_types/292 |title=European Team Squash Championships |website=InterSportStats |access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/history/100/mens/european-team-championship |title=Men's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events) |website=Squash Info |access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref>

She attended another Commonwealth Games, representing the [2014 England team](/source/England_at_the_2014_Commonwealth_Games)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018040324/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3052/19/all |title=England Glasgow 2014 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=15 April 2026}}</ref> at the [2014 Commonwealth Games](/source/2014_Commonwealth_Games) in Glasgow, Scotland, where she competed in the [squash events](/source/Squash_at_the_2014_Commonwealth_Games).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/glasgow-2014 |title=Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games |website=Team England |access-date=15 April 2026}}</ref> 

Campion retired in 2014 and became the head coach at the Queens' Sport Club in Halifax.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/halifax-courier/20221006/282153590172009 |title=Fans enjoy evening of top quality squash at Queens |website=Halifax Courier |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
She married her coach David Campion at St Philip's Church in [Kelsall](/source/Kelsall), [Cheshire](/source/Cheshire). They have two children.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{Sports links}}
*{{WISPA|id=T00507}}
*{{WSA|id=sarah-kippax}}
*{{SquashInfo|id=343}}

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Category:English female squash players
Category:Living people
Category:1983 births
Category:Sportspeople from Chester
Category:Squash players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for England
Category:21st-century English sportswomen

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