Joseph "Joe" Kneipp (born 27 September 1973 in

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) is a professional

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player from

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. Kneipp was born in Brisbane and grew up near

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. He began playing squash at the age of seven. As a junior, he won the Australian under-13 squash championship title. At the age of 14, he attended the

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for a year. He captained the Australian team which won the world junior team title in 1992. Kneipp joined the professional circuit in 1994. His career-high world ranking to date is World No. 10 in January 2004. That year, he finished runner-up to

Thierry Lincou Thierry Lincou (born 2 April 1976, in La Réunion) is a retired professional squash player from France. He reached the World No. 1 ranking in January 2004. That year, Lincou won the World Open title, the Hong Kong Open and the Super Series Fin ...

in the

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Finals. Kneipp won a gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 2006

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, partnering

Natalie Grinham Natalie Marie Grinham (born 16 March 1978 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian professional squash player. During her career, she has won three Commonwealth Games Gold Medals, and finished runner-up at both the World Open an ...

. He also won the mixed doubles title at the 2006

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, partnering

Rachael Grinham Rachael Margaret Grinham (born 22 January 1977 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian professional squash player. She won the World Open in 2007, and the British Open in 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2009. She reached the World No. 1 ranking in ...

. Since 2002, Joe has been coached by his brother Daniel Kneipp. Joe and Dan write a regular column called
Team Kneipp
' at the websit
Squash Talk

External links

Profile at psa-squash.com
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kneipp, Joe 1973 births Living people Australian male squash players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in squash Squash players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Australian Institute of Sport squash players Sportsmen from Queensland Sportspeople from Brisbane Competitors at the 2005 World Games 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian people