Chris Crowther (born November 6, 1978) is a professional racquetball player. Crowther was the #5 player on the International Racquetball Tour at the end of the 2010–11 season,
which was a career high and the sixth season he'd finished in the IRT's top 10 players. A California native, Crowther is the tallest player on the IRT and known for his strong drive serve and hard hitting playing style.
Professional career
Crowther played his first IRT match in May 1997, losing to
Cliff Swain
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in three games,
he wasn't full-time until the 2001–02 season, when he played the
US Open for the first time, making it to the Round of 16, when he again lost to Swain.
Crowther made the finals of an IRT event for the first time in September 2010 at the Cali Colombia Grand Slam event, losing to
Kane Waselenchuk
Kane Waselenchuk (born November 9, 1981) is a professional racquetball player born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Waselenchuk finished the 2018-19 season as the #1 player on the International Racquetball Tourbr> (IRT)for a record extending 13th ti ...
in four games. Crowther made his second final in October 2011 at the Red Swaine Shootout in Davison, Michigan, again losing to Waselenchuk.
International career
Crowther has represented the USA four times, three times in singles and once in doubles. In singles, he was silver medalist at the 2011 Pan American Championships, losing the final to Mexican
Daniel De La Rosa. In his first appearance on Team USA in 2007, Crowther was bronze medalist at the Pan American Championships,
and he also played at that event in 2009.
In doubles, Crowther was a bronze medalist with
Shane Vanderson
Shane Vanderson (born May 26, 1981) is a retired professional racquetball player. Vanderson was thInternational Racquetball Tour's (IRT's)#5 player at the end of three seasons: 2006-07, 2007–08, 2009-10.http://www.bossconsulting.com/irt/ IRT Hi ...
at the
2011 Pan Am Games
The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán ...
. He played singles and doubles in the team competition of those games, helping the US to a silver medal.
Personal life
Crowther graduated from the University of California at Riverside. He currently resides in San Diego where he works fo
E-Force Racquetball.
See also
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List of racquetball players
This is a list of notable racquetball players.
Racquetball players are presumed to be notable under the following criteria.
:1. The player has finished a season ranked in the top 10 of the men’s or women’s pro tours (i.e., the International ...
References
External links
IRT Website
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Racquetball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
American racquetball players
Living people
1978 births
Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
Pan American Games medalists in racquetball
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games