Frédérique Lambert

Frédérique Lambert
Personal information
Nickname(s) Fred
Nationality Canadian
Born March 27, 1992
Montreal, Quebec
Residence Montreal, Quebec
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)
Sport
Sport Racquetball
Coached by Michel Gagnon

Frédérique Lambert (born March 27, 1992) is a Canadian racquetball player. She has been a member of the Canadian National Team since 2008, and is a multiple medalist in international competitions.

International Career

Lambert's first international appearance was at the 2008 Pan Am Championships, where she was a bronze medalist in doubles with Josée Grand'Maître, losing in the semi-finals to Chileans Angela Grisar and Fabiola Marquez.[1]

Since then, Lambert has played for Canada on eight other occasions. Her best result to date is a silver medal at the 2012 Pan American Championships,[2] when she defeated American Rhonda Rajsich in the semi-finals, 15-13, 15-10, but had to withdraw due to injury in the final against Mexican Paola Longoria.

Lambert was also a silver medalist at the 2010 Pan American Championships in doubles with Genevieve Brodeur, when they lost to Mexicans Samantha Salas and Susana Acosta in final, 15-11, 15-4.[3]

Lambert earned two bronze medals at the 2012 World Championships. She was a bronze medalist in women's doubles with Josée Grand'Maître,[4] and in the women's team event also.[5]

Lambert was a bronze medalist at the 2009 Pan American Championships in singles, when she lost to Bolivan Carola Loma, 15-3, 15-14.[6][7]

Lambert also played in the 2011 Pan American Games, losing to Bolivian Maria Jose Vargas in the second round, 15-11, 15-8.

Lambert was the International Racquetball Federation World Junior Champion in Girl's U18 in 2011, when she defeated Vargas in the final, 4-15, 15-7, 11-4.[8] She was also World Junior Champion in Girl's U14 in 2007.

Professional Career

Lambert's best finish to date at a Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT) event was at the 2014 New Jersey Open, where she was runner-up to Mexican Paola Longoria, who defeated Lambert in the final, 11-6, 11-4, 11-5.[9] To reach the final, Lambert defeated Vargas in the semi-finals and Rhonda Rajsich in the quarterfinals.

Lombert has reached the semi-finals of two LPRT tournaments. Her first semi-final was in September 2013 at the Abierto Mexicano de Racquetas tournament in Toluca, Mexico. Lambert upset 2nd seed Rhonda Rajsich in the Round of 16, then defeated Maria Paz Muñoz in the quarter-finals before losing to Cristina Amaya in the semis in four games, 11-9, 6-11, 11-0, 11-5.[10] Lambert was also in the semi-final of the Tour of Hope tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio. There she beat Susana Acosta in the 16s, then Aubrey Kirch in the quarter-finals, before losing to Rajsich in the semis, 11-8, 11-4, 11-9.[11]

Canadian Career

Lambert's first Canadian Championship came in 2010, when she won women's doubles with Brandi Jacobson Prentice.[12]

She became the #1 women's player in Canada in January 2014 after defeating Jennifer Saunders in two consecutive tournaments.[13]

Lambert has been runner-up to Saunders at the Canadian National Championships in singles in 2009,[14] 2011[15] and 2012.[16] She's also been runner-up in doubles: twice with Brandi Jacobson Prentice - in 2011[17] and 2012[18] - and in 2013 with Michele Morissette.[19]

Personal

Lambert lives in Montreal, Quebec.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Press Release". SIRC. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  2. ↑ http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=45245
  3. ↑ http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=34803
  4. ↑ http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=47601
  5. ↑ http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=47740
  6. ↑ http://www.theracquetballblog.blogspot.ca/2009/04/pan-american-championships-singles-semi.html
  7. ↑ http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=27794
  8. ↑ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/frederique-lambert-claims-racquetball-gold/article588857/
  9. ↑ http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=58166
  10. ↑ http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/drawsOut/view-bracket.asp?leftFrame=&TID=11402&divID=34&combinedID=0&print=&fromPage=&highlightMatchNum=&drawVar=&message
  11. ↑ http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/drawsOut/view-bracket.asp?leftFrame=&TID=12018&divID=34&combinedID=0&print=&fromPage=&highlightMatchNum=&drawVar=&message
  12. ↑ http://www.racquetball.ca/articles.asp?articleID=1835&zoneID=299
  13. ↑ http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=57349
  14. ↑ http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/drawsOut/view-bracket.asp?leftFrame=&TID=5222&divID=0&combinedID=25946&print=&fromPage=&highlightMatchNum=&drawVar=&message=
  15. ↑ http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/drawsOut/view-bracket.asp?leftFrame=&TID=7811&divID=35&combinedID=0&print=&fromPage=&highlightMatchNum=&drawVar=&message=
  16. ↑ http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/drawsOut/view-bracket.asp?leftFrame=&TID=9099&divID=0&combinedID=63824&print=&fromPage=&highlightMatchNum=&drawVar=&message=
  17. ↑ http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/drawsOut/roundRobin.asp?leftFrame=&TID=7811&divID=74&combinedID=0&print=&fromPage=&highlightMatchNum=&drawVar=&message=
  18. ↑ http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/drawsOut/view-bracket.asp?leftFrame=&TID=9099&divID=74&combinedID=0&print=&fromPage=&highlightMatchNum=&drawVar=&message=
  19. ↑ http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/drawsOut/roundRobin.asp?leftFrame=&TID=9894&divID=74&combinedID=0&print=&fromPage=&highlightMatchNum=&drawVar=&message=

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