Mark Cairns (squash player)

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Mark Cairns
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NationalityEnglish
Born (1967-06-21) 21 June 1967 (age 54)
Oxford, Oxfordshire
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SportSquash
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Mark Cairns (born 21 June 1967) is a male former professional squash player from England.

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Squash career

Cairns reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 7 in 1995. In 1997, he won the British National Squash Championships and teamed-up with Chris Walker to win the men's doubles title at the inaugural World Doubles Squash Championships. Cairns and Walker also teamed-up to win a bronze medal for England in the men's doubles at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. [1] [2]

Personal life

Mark currently lives in Oxfordshire, and works in property management. He has two children and lives with his wife.

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References

  1. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  2. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.