Joelle King (born 30 September 1988) is a professional

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player who represents New Zealand. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in April 2014.

Early life

King was born and raised in Cambridge, New Zealand. She is the youngest child in her family, having two older brothers. Of

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descent, she affiliates to

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Career

In July 2009, King won the Australian Women's Open by beating

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in the final played at

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. King won one gold and one silver medal at the

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. She also won a bronze medal at the

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and a gold medal at the

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. During the

, King won the gold medal in the women's singles event for New Zealand. On the other side, fellow New Zealand squash player,

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clinched a silver medal in the men's singles event. This was also the first instance where a male and a female squash player from New Zealand had managed to qualify in the final of the respective events at a Commonwealth Games event. She won her first platinum event on the WSA tour at the 2018 Hong Kong Squash Open beating

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3–0 in the final. King was the flagbearer for

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at the

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alongside Tom Walsh.

Personal life

On 28 December 2012, King married cricketer Ryan Shutte in Cambridge. He put his cricket career on hold to become her manager.

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* * * * 1988 births Living people New Zealand female squash players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in squash Squash players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Cambridge, New Zealand New Zealand Māori sportspeople Ngāti Porou people Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit Squash players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-squash-bio-stub