Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Residence | Cambridge, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cambridge, New Zealand | 30 September 1988|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turned Pro | 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | Active | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Glen Wilson, Hadrian Stiff | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Racquet used | Head | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www.joelleking.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | No. 4 (November 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 4 (December 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tour final(s) | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated: 13 April 2022. |
Joelle King MNZM (born 30 September 1988) is a professional squash player who represents New Zealand. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in April 2014. [1] [2]
King was born and raised in Cambridge, New Zealand. She is the youngest child in her family, having two older brothers. Of Māori descent, she affiliates to Ngāti Porou. [3]
In July 2009, King won the Australian Women's Open by beating Annie Au in the final played at Clare, South Australia. [4]
King won one gold and one silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. [5] She also won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [6]
During the 2018 Commonwealth Games, King won the gold medal in the women's singles event for New Zealand. [7] On the other side, fellow New Zealand squash player, Paul Coll clinched a silver medal in the men's singles event. [8] This was also the first instance where a male and a female squash player from New Zealand had managed to qualify in the final of the respective events at a Commonwealth Games event. [9] She won her first platinum event on the WSA tour at the 2018 Hong Kong Squash Open beating Raneem El Weleily 3–0 in the final. [10]
King was the flagbearer for New Zealand at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 alongside Tom Walsh. [11]
In May 2023, she reached the semi final of the 2023 PSA Women's World Squash Championship, before losing to the number 2 seed Nour El Sherbini. [12]
On 28 December 2012, King married cricketer Ryan Shutte in Cambridge. [13] He put his cricket career on hold to become her manager. [14]
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