Tristan Nancarrow (born 1964) is a former Australian professional squash player. Tristan is part of a famous Squash family; his step-father

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and mother Mavis Nancarrow were both leading players in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Tristan himself became a leading player in the early 1990s reaching a world ranking of five in January 1993. As a young boy, he lived near Sydney and was at the Harbord Primary School, Northern Beaches, Sydney NSW and Manly Boys High School. In 1984, at the age of 20, he won the national Australian open title. He finished runner-up at the Hong-Kong Open in 1986 (lost to Rodney Martin) and 1991 (lost to Jansher Khan). He represented Australia in the 1993

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but is arguably remembered more for the fact that he was considered the

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of squash. In September 1989 just three months after a three-month ban imposed after the

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he walked off court during a match against

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 ...

. In April 1993 he was suspended for a third time following a string of disciplinary offences. He now builds and refurbishes tennis courts.

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