Angela Grisar
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| Nationality | Chilean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May 2, 1973 Santiago, Chile |
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| Residence | San Ramon, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5' 5" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Racquetball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World finals | 2nd (2004, 2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 4th (2006-07, 2007-08) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Angela Grisar (born February 5, 1973) is a Chilean racquetball player. She is the most accomplished South American woman's racquetball player ever, winning numerous medals in international competitions as well as a women's pro tournament.
Grisar was runner up in singles at the World Championships twice: in 2004, when she lost to Cheryl Gudinas in the final in Anyang, South Korea, and 2006, Canadian Christie Van Hees in the final in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Grisar has also been runner up in doubles twice at Worlds. She did it in 2006 with Fabiola Marquez, when they lost to Americans Laura Fenton and Aimee Ruiz, and in 2012 with Carla Muñoz, when they lost to Paola Longoria and Samantha Salas. Her latest medal at Worlds came in 2014, when she was a bronze medalist in Women's Doubles with Carla Muñoz.
Grisar was a double medalist at the 2006 Pan American Championships, when she got bronze in singles and silver in doubles with Fabiola Marquez.
In 2007, she was again a bronze medalist in singles at the Pan American Championships, and again a silver medalist in doubles with Marquez at the 2008 Pan American Championships.
Grisar has two doubles medals with Carla Muñoz. They got bronze at the 2011 Pan American Games, and at the 2013 Pan American Championships.
Grisar has three other bronze medals in singles: one from the 2004 Pan American Championships, when she lost to Canadian Lori-Jane Powell in the semi-finals, one from the 2011 Pan American Championships, when she lost to Samantha Salas in semi-finals, and the other at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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