Joelle King

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Joelle King
King Canberra.jpg
CountryNew Zealand
Born (1988-09-30) 30 September 1988 (age 36)
Cambridge, New Zealand
Residence Cambridge, New Zealand
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Turned pro2004
RetiredActive
PlaysRight-handed
Coached by Glen Wilson, Hadrian Stiff
Racquet used Head
Website www.joelleking.com
Women's singles
Highest rankingNo. 4 (November 2022)
Current rankingNo. 4 (December 2022)
Title(s)11
Tour final(s)20
Medal record
Women's squash
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Chicago Singles
World Doubles Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 DarwinDoubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 DarwinMixed doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 ManchesterDoubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 ManchesterMixed doubles
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Delhi Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Gold Coast Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Mixed doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Birmingham Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2010 Delhi Mixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Glasgow Singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 Gold Coast Mixed doubles
Updated on 13 April 2022.

Joelle King MNZM (born 30 September 1988) is a New Zealand professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in April 2014. [1] [2]

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Early life

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]

Career

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 gold in women's doubles and silver medal in mixed doubles 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]

Personal life

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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References

  1. WISPA player profile
  2. Joelle King at Squash Info OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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  7. "Kiwi King wins, Coll loses Games squash final". ESPN. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  8. @aldersonnotes, Andrew Alderson Sports reporter, NZ Herald andrew alderson@nzherald co nz (7 April 2018). "Squash: Joelle King and Paul Coll into Commonwealth Games singles finals". NZ Herald. ISSN   1170-0777 . Retrieved 9 April 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  10. "Hong Kong Squash Open" . Retrieved 25 November 2018.
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  12. "2023 World Championship draws". PSA. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  13. "Joelle King | New Zealand Olympic Team". New Zealand Olympic Team. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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