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Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||
Born | August 18, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Phoenix, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Racquetball | ||||||||||||||||||
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National finals | 2nd 2016 (singles), 2nd 2013 (doubles) | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Michelle Key (born August 18, 1988) is an American racquetball player. Key represented the USA at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, where she was part of the silver medal winning Women's Team. Key was ranked 7th at the end of the 2014-15 Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT) season.
Key is a right handed player.
Competing at the 2006 International Racquetball World Junior Championships in Arizona, Key won her age group in the singles event. Key also participated in the 3 Wallball World Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2014. Key was back to compete at the 2016 edition of the 3 Wallball World Championships, where she defeated Paola Longoria in the semi-finals.
Key earned her first call up to the United States junior team in 2004, and was a member of the team for over three years.
Key competed at the 2014 World Championships in the singles event, where she won a silver medal.
Key has competed for the USA three times. She was on Team USA at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, where she played Women's Singles. Key lost two of her three matches in the group stage. Her sole win was against Canada's Jennifer Saunders. As a result, was seeded against her teammate Rhonda Rajsich in the Round of 16 in playoffs. Rajsich won that match 15-8, 15-7. However, in the Women's Team event Key helped the USA get the silver medal. Key's win over Canadian Jennifer Saunders, 15-2, 15-6, in the semi-finals, put the USA into the final. But in the first match of the final, Key lost to Samantha Salas, 15-3, 15-9, and Mexico's Paola Longoria and Samantha Salas who successfully defended their title and defeated the American pair.