Cheryl Gudinas Holmes
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Cheryl Gudinas is an American racquetball
Racquetball
For other sports often called "paddleball", see Paddleball .Racquetball is a racquet sport played with a hollow rubber ball in an indoor or outdoor court...

 player. She has been one of the dominant players from the 1990s into the 2000s.

Professional career

Gudinas has won two US Open Racquetball Championships
US Open Racquetball Championships
The US Open racquetball championship is widely acknowledged as the premier professional racquetball event. It is a Grand Slam event with men and women competing from the International Racquetball Tour and Women's Professional Racquetball Organization, respectively. It also includes divisions for...

 in 2002 and 2004. She has been a top 4 player on the women's pro tour
Women's Professional Racquetball Organization
The Women's Professional Racquetball Organization is the latest name for the women's professional racquetball tour. It features the world's best players and several events each season - running from September to May - that are mostly played in the USA....

 since the 1993-94 season, including four seasons as the #1 player from 2000-2004. Gudinas was the #3 ranked player on the Women's Professional Racquetball Organization
Women's Professional Racquetball Organization
The Women's Professional Racquetball Organization is the latest name for the women's professional racquetball tour. It features the world's best players and several events each season - running from September to May - that are mostly played in the USA....

 tour at the end of the 2008-09 season.

International career

Gudinas won three consecutive International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Championships
Racquetball World Championships
The World Racquetball Championships, organized by the International Racquetball Federation , were first held in 1981. The second World Championships were in 1984, and have been held every two years since.The World Championships have two parts...

 in 2000, 2002 and 2004. She defeated Canadians Christie Van Hees
Christie Van Hees
Christie Van Hees is a Canadian racquetball player. Van Hees was the number one women's professional player at the end of the 2004-2005, but after playing only two events in the 2008-09 Women's Professional Racquetball Organization , fell to #19.- Professional career :Van Hees's three US Open...

 and Jennifer Saunders in 2000 and 2002, respectively, and Chilean Angela Grisar in 2004.

Gudinas won the Pan American Championships (formerly the Tournament of the Americas) in 1994 (against American Laura Fenton), 1997 (Michelle Gould, USA), 2001 (Josée Grand'Maître, Canada) and 2009 (Carole Loma, Bolivia).

Gudinas has also won two gold medals at the Pan American Games
Pan American Games
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. In 1999 she defeated Canadian Christie Van Hees
Christie Van Hees
Christie Van Hees is a Canadian racquetball player. Van Hees was the number one women's professional player at the end of the 2004-2005, but after playing only two events in the 2008-09 Women's Professional Racquetball Organization , fell to #19.- Professional career :Van Hees's three US Open...

 in the final, and beat fellow American Laura Fenton in the 2003 final. In the 2011 Pan Am Games
Racquetball at the 2011 Pan American Games
Racquetball competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 17 to October 25 at the Racquetball Complex...

, Gudinas earned the bronze medal, losing to eventual gold medalist Paola Longoria
Paola Longoria
Paola Michelle Longoria López is a Mexican racquetball player. She is the first Mexican woman to attain the #1 ranking on the Women's Professional Racquetball Organization tour, doing so at the end of the 2008-09 season and at the end of 2009-2010 season as well...

 in the semi-finals. Gudinas was also a silver medalist in 2011 from the Pan Am Games team competition
Racquetball at the 2011 Pan American Games
Racquetball competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 17 to October 25 at the Racquetball Complex...

.

US championships

Gudinas won 5 consecutive US Nationals Championships in singles from 1999 to 2003, and also won in 2005, 2008 and 2010. Her eight titles are tied for the most all time with Michelle Gould
Michelle Gould (racquetball player)
Michelle Gould , born December 22, 1970, was an American racquetball player. She was the dominant player in women's racquetball in the 1990s based on a strong drive serve game...

.

Gudinas teamed up with Gould
Michelle Gould (racquetball player)
Michelle Gould , born December 22, 1970, was an American racquetball player. She was the dominant player in women's racquetball in the 1990s based on a strong drive serve game...

in 1995 and 1996 to win two of her three US National Doubles titles. Her other title was in 2001 with Kim Russell.

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