Daryl Selby (born 3 November 1982 in

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) is a former professional

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player who represented

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. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 9 in April 2010. His sister is professional squash player Lauren Selby. He attended

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as his secondary school between 1994 and 2001.

Career overview

Selby won the British National Squash Championships in 2011, defeating the reigning

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and World No.1,

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in the final 9-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7 (84m). In 2012, he reached the semifinals of the Tournament of Champions, losing to

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in semifinals. In June 2013, he was gold medalist with the England Team during the 2013 World Team Championships. In the same year, in reached for the first time the quarterfinals of the

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. He retired in August 2022, after having won another silver medal in the doubles competition of the

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* * * * 1982 births Living people English male squash players Commonwealth Games medallists in squash Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Squash players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games People educated at Brentwood School, Essex People from Shenfield Sportspeople from Harlow {{UK-squash-bio-stub