{"id":1076,"date":"2018-04-15T20:08:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T00:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/hall-of-fame-heather-stupp\/"},"modified":"2022-06-12T03:03:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T07:03:36","slug":"hall-of-fame-heather-stupp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/hall-of-fame-heather-stupp\/","title":{"rendered":"Heather Stupp – Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Inducted in 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hometown:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Category: Athlete<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Accomplishments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Heather (Stupp) Meyer started playing racquetball at the young age of twelve, at a time when junior programs and events were not common in Canada. As a young athlete she challenged herself at every level of competition, developing to become a\u00a0world class athlete. Meyer retired as a two time World Champion in women’s singles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meyer first started competing at the Canadian Championships in the late 1970\u2019s and moved up the ranks quickly. She amassed an impressive record at the national level in both women\u2019s open singles and open doubles events. From 1980 to 1992, Meyer won a total of \u00a0seven Canadian open singles titles and seven Open doubles championship titles. Between 1987 and 1992 Meyer won\u00a0six\u00a0consecutive open singles titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meyer represented Canada at eight international tournaments between 1986 and 1992. In her first international appearance, which was at the 1986 World Championships, she finished just shy of the podium in fourth place. Meyer returned to the World Championships again, not only making it onto the podium, but winning back to back World Championship titles in 1988 and 1990 in women’s singles. By the end of her career, Meyer had won three\u00a0individual World Championship medals (2 gold, 1 silver) and contributed to four silver\u00a0medals won in the Women’s Team event as well a\u00a0gold medal and three silver Overall Team\u00a0medals. She also won two Pan Am Championship medals including a gold in women’s singles and silver in Women’s Doubles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meyer was also active on the women\u2019s pro-tour. During her playing history, she was ranked as high as tenth overall on the Women\u2019s Professional Racquetball Tour. (WPRT). A Canadian athlete did not surpass this record until 2000, after the WPRT had become the Ladies Pro Racquetball Tour (LPRT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meyer retired from racquetball in 1992, after which she married and moved to England. Although she has not played the sport since retiring, Meyer feels that racquetball has given her many life lessons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt taught me to trust myself and my skills and put aside self doubt. It also taught me to embrace winning but not to fear losing. It is only by competing, setting goals and working hard can you have a chance to achieve success, in whatever one chooses to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meyer was inducted into the International Racquetball Federation Hall of Fame<\/a><\/strong> in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a><\/strong> to read Heather Meyer’s\u00a0acceptance remarks from the 2017 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo gallery coming soon!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Career Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1992<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • World Championships: SILVER – Women’s Singles<\/strong><\/li>
  • World Championships: SILVER – Women’s Team Event<\/strong><\/li>
  • World Championships: SILVER – Overall Team<\/strong><\/li>
  • Pan Am Championships: SILVER – Women’s Singles<\/strong><\/li>
  • National Championships: GOLD – Women’s Open Singles<\/strong><\/li>
  • National Championships: GOLD  – Women’s Open Doubles<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    1991<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • Canadian Championships: GOLD <\/strong>– Women\u2019s Open Singles<\/strong><\/li>
    • Canadian Championships: GOLD <\/strong> – Women\u2019s Open Doubles<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      1990<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      • World Championships: GOLD <\/strong> – Women’s Singles<\/strong><\/li>
      • World Championships: SILVER – Women’s Team Event<\/strong><\/li>
      • World Championships: SILVER<\/strong> – Overall Team<\/strong><\/li>
      • Canadian Championships: SILVER<\/strong> – Women\u2019s Open Singles<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        1989<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        • Canadian Championships: GOLD <\/strong> – Women\u2019s Open Singles<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          1988<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          • World Championships: GOLD – Women’s Singles<\/strong><\/li>
          • World Championships: SILVER – Women\u2019s Team Event<\/strong><\/li>
          • World Championships: SILVER<\/strong> – Overall Team<\/strong><\/li>
          • Canadian Championships: GOLD <\/strong> – Women\u2019s Open Singles<\/strong><\/li>
          • Canadian Championships: GOLD <\/strong> – Women\u2019s Open Doubles<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            1987<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

            • Pan Am Championships: GOLD <\/strong> – Women\u2019s Singles <\/strong><\/li>
            • Canadian Championships: GOLD <\/strong> – Women\u2019s Open Singles <\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              1986<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              • World Championships: SILVER<\/strong> – Women\u2019s Team Event <\/strong><\/li>
              • World Championships: GOLD <\/strong> – Overall Team <\/strong><\/li>
              • Canadian Championships: SILVER – Women’s Open Singles<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                1985<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                • Canadian Championships: SILVER<\/strong> – Women\u2019s Open Singles <\/strong><\/li>
                • Canadian Championships: GOLD <\/strong> – Women\u2019s Open Doubles <\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                  1984<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  • Canadian Championships: SILVER – Women’s Open Singles<\/strong><\/li>
                  • Canadian Championships: GOLD – Women\u2019s Open Doubles<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                    1983<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    • Canadian Championships:SILVER<\/strong> – Women\u2019s Open Singles <\/strong><\/li>
                    • Canadian Championships: SILVER – Women\u2019s Open Doubles <\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                      1982<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                      • Canadian Championships: GOLD <\/strong> – Women\u2019s Open Doubles<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                        1981<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                        • Canadian Championships: GOLD <\/strong>– Women\u2019s Open Singles <\/strong><\/li>
                        • Canadian Championships: GOLD <\/strong> – Women\u2019s Open Doubles <\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                          1980<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          • Canadian Championships: GOLD <\/strong> – Women\u2019s Open Doubles <\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                            Inducted in 2017 Hometown: Category: Athlete Accomplishments Heather (Stupp) Meyer started playing racquetball at the young age of twelve, at a time when junior programs and events were not common in Canada. As a young athlete she challenged herself at every level of competition, developing to become a\u00a0world class athlete. Meyer retired as a two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1076"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1076"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19926,"href":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1076\/revisions\/19926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}