Todd Harrity

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Todd Harrity
Todd Harrity 2019.jpg
Harrity in 2019
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Bristol, England
Born (1990-09-16) September 16, 1990 (age 34)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height6 ft 1 in 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight174
Turned Pro2013
Retired2024
Coached byHadrian Stiff, Scott Devoy
Racquet usedUnsquashable
Men's singles
Highest rankingNo. 34 (February 2022)
Title(s)4
Tour final(s)11
Medal record
Men's squash
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima Doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Toronto Team
Pan American Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 HartfordTeam
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 TolucaTeam
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Cayman IslandIndividual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Cayman IslandDoubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Cayman IslandTeam

Todd Harrity (born September 16, 1990) is a retired American professional squash player who reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 34 in February 2022. [1] [2] Currently[ when? ] and is a three time National Champion, winning in 2015, 2016 and 2019. [3] In 2018, he came out as gay, announcing it on Twitter, thus becoming the first openly gay professional male squash player in the world. [4] At the time he was ranked No. 1 in the United States out of all male squash players. [5] [6]

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He is class of 2013 at Princeton University, [7] and he played number 1 all four years for the Tigers varsity squash team. He won the individual championship during his sophomore season. He led the Tigers to the team national championship during his junior season. [8]

Career statistics

PSA Titles (4)

All Results for Todd Harrity in PSA World's Tour tournament

No.DateTournamentOpponent in FinalScore in Final
1.22 March 2014New York Pro Open, US Flag of India.svg Ramit Tandon 11-8, 11-8, 11-4
2.2 November 2014Madison Open, US Flag of England.svg Declan James 11-4, 11-6, 11-4
3.23 September 2018International Tournament Madeira Island, Portugal Flag of England.svg Joshua Masters 10-12, 11-5, 11-9, 11-3
4.2 April 2021HCL SRFI Indian Tour Tournament Chennai, India Flag of India.svg Mahesh Mangaonkar 11-9, 11-6, 7-11, 2-11, 11-0

PSA Tour Finals (Runner-Up) (7)

No.DateTournamentOpponent in FinalScore in Final
1.13 April 2014Rochester ProAm, US Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zac Alexander 11-6, 4-11, 11-13, 11-13
2.9 November 2014Minneapolis Open, US Flag of Germany.svg Jens Schoor 8-11, 11-9, 5-11, 8-11
3.10 November 2015President Gold Cup International Tournament, Pakistan Flag of Pakistan.svg Nasir Iqbal 8-11, 9-11, 5-11
4.14 February 2016Cactus Open, US Flag of Egypt.svg Omar Abdel Meguid 7-11, 10-12, 8-11, 5-11
5.3 December 2016Salt Lake City Open, US Flag of Mexico.svg Alfredo Avila 5-11, 6-11, 12-14
6.4 March 2017Oregon Open, US Flag of Finland.svg Olli Tuominen 11-8, 13-15, 7-11, 4-11
7.6 May 2018CAC Open, US Flag of the United States.svg Chris Hanson 6-11, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11

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References

  1. ↑ PSA Player Profile
  2. ↑ SquashInfo Player Profile
  3. ↑ "US SQUASH | US Squash Champions". www.ussquash.com. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. ↑ "US Squash's Todd Harrity talks LGBTQ+ Pride Month". World Squash. 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  5. ↑ Buzinski, Jim (April 30, 2018). "Top American pro squash player Todd Harrity comes out as gay". Outsports.
  6. ↑ Todd Harrity (2018-04-28). "Todd Harrity on Twitter: "‌ "". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  7. ↑ "Todd Harrity '13 Pushes Himself on the Pro Squash Tour". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  8. ↑ "Todd Harrity - Men's Squash". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-04-23.


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