Mark Anthony Chaloner (born 23 May 1972, in

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) is a male retired professional

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player from

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Squash career

Chaloner was a member of the England team which won the

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, and reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 7 in 2001. He won a gold medal for

in the men's doubles at the 1998

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, (partnering Paul Johnson).<. He was elected President of the

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(PSA) in 2002.

References

External links

SquashSite article on Chaloner's retirement
* * * 1972 births Living people English male squash players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in squash Squash players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{England-squash-bio-stub