Craig Rowland (born 30 June 1971) is a

squash Squash may refer to: Sports * Squash (sport), the high-speed racquet sport also known as squash racquets * Squash (professional wrestling), an extremely one-sided match in professional wrestling * Squash tennis, a game similar to squash but pla ...

coach and former professional squash player from Australia. As a player, he reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 7 in 1996. He won a gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 1998

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

, partnering

Michelle Martin Michelle Susan Martin, OAM (born 29 April 1967) is an Australian former professional squash player who was one of the game's leading players in the 1990s. She was ranked number one in the world from 1993 to 1996 and again in 1998 and 1999, a ...

. Rowland was also runner-up in the men's doubles at the inaugural

World Squash Federation The World Squash Federation (WSF) is the international federation for squash, an indoor racket sport which was formerly called "squash rackets". The WSF is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the International Federation (I ...

World Doubles Squash Championships The World Squash Doubles Championship has been held in North America since 1981 when it was sanctioned by the International Squash Racquets Federation. It has been held bi-annually since 1994 where it has alternated with the World Softball Doubles ...

in 1997, partnering with

Dan Jenson Dan Jenson (born 20 June 1975 in Brisbane, Australia) is a professional squash player from Australia. He joined the professional tour in 1993, and reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in 1999. He was considered to be one of the ...

against winners Chris Walker-Mark Cairns of England (15-11, 15-13). He is also a friend of cricketing legend Paul Hoffman. Craig has also been very successful in the World Masters Squash, winning the World Masters Squash Championships 2012—Birmingham in the M40 division in a victory over Nick Taylor of England (11-6, 11-5, 5-11, 11-7) and the World Masters Squash Championships 2014—Hong Kong again champion in the M40 division over Zuko Kubukeli of South Africa (11-4, 11-13, 11-2, 11-4). Other notable achievements: Runner Up in the 1996

Tournament of Champions (squash) The Tournament of Champions is an annual international squash championship held in New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of ...

in New York. In the semi-final Craig stunned the squash world by winning in straight games over the great

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 ...

. He went into the final to play

Jonathon Power Jonathon Tyler Power (born August 9, 1974) is a retired professional squash player from Canada. In 1999, he became the first North American squash player to reach the World No. 1 ranking. He won 36 top-level squash events during his career, incl ...

and lost in a marathon five games (15-4, 9-15, 15-10, 16-17, 15-9); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5M8fdCDQAY Semi-final of the

1995 Men's World Open Squash Championship The 1995 PSA Men's Detjen World Open Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 1995 World Open (squash), World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash (sport), squash players. The event took place in Nicosia in Cyp ...

in Nicosia, Cyprus. The event was won by Jansher Khan of Pakistan, his seventh Men's World Open Squash title; Quarter-final of the 1996 Men's World Open Squash Championship in Lahore, Pakistan, where he faced

Peter Nicol Peter Nicol (born 5 April 1973) is a former professional squash player from Scotland, who represented first Scotland and then England in international squash. In 1998, while still competing for Scotland, he became the first player from the UK ...

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* 1971 births Living people Australian male squash players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in squash Squash players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-squash-bio-stub