Aimee Ruiz
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| Birth name | Aimee Roehler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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February 12, 1975 Allentown, Pennsylvania |
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| Height | 5'4" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Racquetball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World finals | 1st 2006, 2008, 2016 (doubles) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National finals | 1st 2009 (singles), 1st 2005-2011, 2013-2014, 2016 (doubles) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aimee Ruiz (born February 12, 1975) is a left handed American racquetball player. She is current World Champion in Women's Doubles - her third title, winning it in 2016, as well as 2006 and 2008. Ruiz has won 10 USA National Women's Doubles titles and one USA National Women's Singles title.
Ruiz has competed for the USA ten times, reaching the podium each time. She's won two International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Championships in Women's Doubles. Her first World Championship was in 2006 with Laura Fenton, when they defeated the Chilean team of Angela Grisar and Fabiola Marquez in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Ruiz repeated as World Champion in 2008 with Jackie Paraiso, as they defeated Canadians Geneviève Brodeur and Véronique Guillemette in Kingscourt, Ireland.
But in 2010, Ruiz and Paraiso lost to Mexicans Paola Longoria and Samantha Salas in the final of the World Championships in Seoul, South Korea. Then in 2012, Ruiz was a late substitution for Kim Waselenchuk in doubles at Worlds, and she played with Rhonda Rajsich. They lost to Chileans Angela Grisar and Carla Muñoz, 15-14, 2-15, 11-10, in the semi-finals, which was the USA's first ever semi-final loss at Worlds in women's doubles. In 2014, Ruiz and Janel Tisinger were silver medalists in Women's Doubles at the World Championships losing to Longoria and Salas in the final, 15-4, 15-12.
However in 2016, Ruiz and Tisinger upset the Mexican team of Longoria and Salas in the final of Women's Doubles at Worlds, 11-15, 15-9, 11-8, making Ruiz a World Champion for a third time.
Ruiz has won three Pan American Racquetball Championships in doubles, all with Paraiso as her partner. They first won in 2006, and then again in 2008 and 2009.
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