| Country |  England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 11 June 1967 Chelmsford, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 4 (November 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Christopher Ian Walker (born 11 June 1967) is a male squash coach and former professional squash player from England.
Walker started playing squash when he was eight years old. At 18 years old he took a job as a computer programmer but decided to devote his time to Squash, selling his car to finance playing on the World Squash tour. At that time it was called the ISPA (International Squash Players Association) since renamed, and currently, the PSA (Professional Squash Association) tour. He reached a career high world ranking of 4. [1]
He was ranked 2 in Britain in August 1993 and joined Cardiff-based Leekes Wizards along with fellow England internartional Tony Hands. [2]
He reached the semi-finals of the 1993 Men's World Open Squash Championship and the 1996 Men's World Open Squash Championship. He represented England in the 1991 Men's World Team Squash Championships (finishing runner-up) and the 1993 Men's World Team Squash Championships (third Place) [3] In addition he was twice a winning team member in the WSF World Team Squash Championships (1995 & 1997).
He represented England, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and won a bronze medal in the men's doubles with Mark Cairns. [4] [5] Four years later he won another bronze medal in the mixed doubles at the 2002 Commonwealth Games with Fiona Geaves. [6]
He finished runner-up at the British Open in 2001 and is currently the only person to have ever made it to the final of the event having played through the qualifying draw. He was England Captain and earned over 70 caps. He was also the World Doubles champion (with Mark Cairns), 1997 World Mixed Doubles champion (with Fiona Geaves), three European Individual champion (1995–1997) and part of the English team that won the European Team Championship 1990–2001.
Walker won eight gold medals for the England men's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships from 1989 to 2002. [7] [8]
His wife Nayelly Hernández whose nationality is Mexican is also a professional squash player and currently runs a company called Squash Solutions, teaching juniors out of several different locations in the New York and Connecticut area.[ citation needed ]
