Carolyn Russell is a retired Canadian professional female squash

Squash (sport)

Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...

 player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 40 in March 2007 after having joined the Women's International Squash Players Association

Women's International Squash Players Association

The Women's International Squash Players Association is an organization for female squash professionals. It is responsible for running the women's professional tour and the women's world rankings...

 (WISPA) in 2001.

Russell won the Canadian Championships in 2006, was 3rd in 2007, and 4th in 2005 and 2009.

Russell represented Canada

Canada

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five times at the world team championships helping Canada to four top 10 finishes.

Personal

Russell currently resides in Vancouver, B.C. and is a project director at the Multi Sport Centre of Excellence Foundation in Burnaby, B.C. She holds a M.S. in engineering from Queen's University and an MBA degree from the University of Toronto.