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Sarah Taylor (squash player)

Jersey squash player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ44741854 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sarah Taylor (born 5 July 1974) is a former Jersey female squash player. She represented Jersey at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she had competed in the women's singles and mixed doubles. In the mixed doubles, she partnered her husband Nick Taylor during the multi-sport event. Sarah Taylor is regarded as a finest squash player to have represented Jersey at international competitions especially winning a silver medal at the 2011 Island Games in the women's singles event.

Her husband, Nick Taylor is a former British squash player who has also served as a director of the squash sport in Jersey. Both of them have immensely contributed to the development of the sport in Jersey by introducing national squash championships such as Jersey Squash Classic.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Sarah Taylor (squash player)” as jersey squash player. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1974, 2014, 2011—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1974-07-05. The account is most persuasive where Sarah, Taylor and squash can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as jersey squash player. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q44741854. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1974, 2014 and 2011.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sarah Taylor (squash player)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.