Jennifer Saunders

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jennifer Saunders
Occupation	Racquetball Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 18, 1976(1976-11-18)
Age	48
Birthplace	Thompson
Country	Canada
Horoscope	Capricorn

Jennifer Saunders Biography

Jennifer Saunders is one of the most popular and richest Racquetball Player who was born on November 18, 1976 in Thompson, Canada. Jennifer “Jen” Saunders (born November 18, 1976) is a Canadian retired racquetball player from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Saunders is the current Canadian Champion in Women’s Singles, winning for the 11th time in Langley, British Columbia, where she also won her 13th Women’s Doubles title; this time winning with Danielle Drury. Her 11 Canadian Women’s Singles Championships and 24 combined Canadian Women’s Singles and Doubles Championships are Canadian women’s records. Saunders was the 2009 Manitoba Female Athlete of the Year as voted by the Manitoba Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. Saunders announced her retirement from competition in December 2019, as she accepted the position of Administrator of High Performance and Sport Development with Racquetball Canada.

Saunders was a referee at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, as well as the 2000 World Championships. She was recognized by Racquetball Canada for this work with the Women’s Award in 2000 (co-winner with Valari Hendrickson).

After being a finalist in Women’s Singles at Nationals in 2001, Saunders went one better at the 2002 Canadian Championships, as she captured her first Women’s Singles title. She defeated Neubauer in the quarterfinals, 15–7, 15–4, Powell in the semi-finals, 15–10, 15–6, and Grand’Maître in the final, 15–12, 15–4. Afterwards, Saunders, then 25, said “it’s something I’ve worked on for so long and it’s so unbelievable. I couldn’t imagine it could go any better.” She came 3rd in Women’s Doubles playing with Powell, as they lost in the semi- finals to Grand’Maître and Chantal Turgeon, 15–10, 15–9, in the semi-finals, then beat Neubauer and Véronique Guillemette for 3rd, 15–7, 15–11.

Saunders got to her first significant result in Women’s Singles at the Canadian Championships in 2001, when she was the 6th seed yet reached the final by defeating Lori-Jane Powell in the semi-finals, 11–6, 11–0, 11–2, but lost the final to Josée Grand’Maître, 11–5, 11–6, 11–7. Saunders again played Women’s Doubles with Neubauer, and they finished 5th.

Competing in the Women’s Open Doubles division at the 1999 Canadian Championships, Saunders and partner Julie Neubauer won the consolation title. They followed that with a 4th-place finish at the 2000 Canadian Championships.

Jennifer Saunders Net Worth

Jennifer Saunders is one of the richest Racquetball Player from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jennifer Saunders 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Saunders’s racquetball career started slowly. “I wasn’t very good as a teenager playing racquetball,” said Saunders, and “when I was 18, people laughed at me when I said I wanted to be on the national team.” At 19, She won Women’s A at the 1996 Canadian Championships in Montreal. Despite that win, Saunders wasn’t ranked in the top 50 women players in Canada at age 20.

She then won back-to-back Mixed Doubles A Division titles, in 1997 with François Viens and in 1998 with Trent Foley.

Saunders was born in Thompson, Manitoba, to Ed and Ruth Saunders, the youngest of their three girls. Growing up in Thompson, she began playing racquetball at age 10. Saunders moved to Winnipeg to attend the University of Winnipeg, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical Activity and Sport Studies in

1999. She was hired by Racquetball Manitoba in 1999 as program coordinator, and she is now their executive director.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Jennifer Saunders Dating?

According to our records, Jennifer Saunders married to Ade Edmondson (m. 1985). As of December 1, 2023, Jennifer Saunders’s is not dating anyone.

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At the 2004 World Championships in Anyang, South Korea, Saunders played Women’s Doubles with Grand’Maître, and they finished with bronze medals, as they lost to Mexicans Susana Acosta and Rosy Torres, 8–15, 15–5, 11–4. In the Women’s Team event, Saunders and her Canadian teammates got silver, losing to Team USA in the final.

Facts & Trivia

Jennifer Ranked on the list of most popular Racquetball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Jennifer Saunders celebrates birthday on November 18 of every year.

Saunders’s accomplishments in 2005 got her nominated for the 2005 Manitoba Female Athlete of the year finalist.

Is Jennifer Saunders Still Alive?

Jennifer Saunders
Years active| 1981–present
Spouse| Ade Edmondson ​ ( m. 1985)​
Children| 3; including Ella Edmondson and Beattie Edmondson

Did Jennifer Saunders sing in Shrek 2?

Jennifer Saunders performed all of her own singing in this movie.

Is Ade Edmondson still married to Jennifer Saunders?

Jennifer Saunders has revealed what she believes is the simple secret to her 37-year marriage. The comedy star, 63, wed husband Ade Edmondson – also a comedian and actor – in 1985.

Why did French Saunders split?

Saunders has admitted the BBC’s comedy policy was the reason behind their decision to stop working together. She said recently: ‘They are not making the kind of comedy we used to do – they want populist programmes. There isn’t a budget to try more ambitious things. ‘

Who is Beattie husband?

Sam Francis