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Chris Robertson is a former professional
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. Robertson won the World Junior Squash Championship title in 1984, and went on to become one of the leading players in the men's professional game in the late-1980s and early-1990s, including finishing as runner-up to
Jansher Khan Jansher Khan PP SI HI ( ur, جان شیر خان; born 15 June 1969, in Peshawar, Pakistan) is a former World No. 1 professional Pakistani squash player. During his career, he won the World Open a record eight times, and the British Open s ...
in the
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in 1992. He reached a career-high world ranking of number 2 in 1991. Robertson was part of the winning Australian team at the 1989 Men's World Team Squash Championships and 1991 Men's World Team Squash Championships. Robertson retired from the professional circuit in 1992 and was appointed as
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national coach in 1994. In 2011 Robertson was appointed England Head Coach of Squash and Racket Ball.Chris Robertson appointed English National Squash Coach
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