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Squash At The 2014 Commonwealth Games – Mixed Doubles
The Mixed doubles event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games was held at the Scotstoun Sports Campus, Glasgow from 29 July to 3 August. Rachael Grinham and David Palmer of Australia defeated Alison Waters and Peter Barker of England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ... 11–8, 11–10 to win the gold medal. Medalists Seeds Finals Group stage Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Pool E Pool F Pool G Pool H References {{DEFAULTSORT:Squash at the 2014 Commonwealth Games - Mixed doubles Squash at the 2014 Commonwealth Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow
Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom and the 27th-most-populous city in Europe, and comprises Wards of Glasgow, 23 wards which represent the areas of the city within Glasgow City Council. Glasgow is a leading city in Scotland for finance, shopping, industry, culture and fashion, and was commonly referred to as the "second city of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian era, Victorian and Edwardian eras. In , it had an estimated population as a defined locality of . More than 1,000,000 people live in the Greater Glasgow contiguous urban area, while the wider Glasgow City Region is home to more than 1,800,000 people (its defined functional urban area total was almost the same in 2020), around a third of Scotland's population. The city has a population density of 3,562 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipika Pallikal
Dipika Pallikal (born 21 September 1991) is an Indian professional Squash (sport), squash player. She was the first Indian player to break into the top 10 in the Official Women's Squash World Ranking, world rankings. Early life Pallikal was born in Kottayam into a Malayali family. She is the daughter of Sanjiv Pallikal and Susan Itticheria, Susan Pallikal. Her mother played international cricket for the India women's national cricket team, Indian women's team, including India's inaugural Women's Test cricket, women's Test match, in 1976. Career Pallikal turned professional in 2006, but her career was filled with ups and downs initially. She became more consistent and started notching up winning performances after her brief training stint in Egypt in the beginning of 2011. She clinched the first of her three WISPA titles for 2011 in September by winning the Orange County Open in Irvine, California. She notched up her second in the United States with another WISPA tour event vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Evans (squash Player)
David Evans (born 24 October 1974, in Pontypool, Wales) is a squash player from Wales. He won the British Open in 2000, beating Paul Price of Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ... in the final 15-11, 15-6, 15-10. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 3 in February 2001. Retrieved 21 December 2011 Evans is 6 ft 3, bringing a height and reach advantage to his game. He only took up the sport seriously at 16 years of age. References External links * * *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deon Saffery
Deon Saffery, (born 28 January 1988) is a squash player who represented England as a junior and Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ... as a senior. She reached a career-high PSA ranking of World No. 42 in March 2015. References External links * Welsh female squash players Living people 1988 births {{UK-squash-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harinder Pal Sandhu
Harinder Pal Sandhu (born 31 March 1989) is an Indian professional squash player. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 47 in April 2018. He was a part of the Indian team, who won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games held at Incheon. Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu won the first match (11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 11-4) against Mohd Azlan Iskandar of Malaysia, giving India a 1-0 lead over Malaysia. Saurav Ghosal won the second match, bagging the gold medal for India in the men's team event. Awards He was conferred the Arjuna Award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards given for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjun ... for 2023. References External links * * * 1989 births Living people Racket sportspeople from Chandigarh Indian male squash players Asian Games medalists in squash Asian Games gold m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshna Chinappa
Joshna Chinappa (born 15 September 1986) is an Indian professional Squash (sport), squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of #10 in 2016. She was the first Indian to win the British Junior Open Squash, British Junior Open in 2005. Chinappa was the youngest Indian women's national champion and is the record-holder of most national championship wins with 18 titles. In 2024, she was awarded India's fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri by the Government of India. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games Joshna, along with Dipika Pallikal, won the doubles gold medal, India's first-ever Commonwealth Games medal in the sport. The pair won a silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2018 edition. At the Asian Individual Squash Championships, 2017 Asian Championships, she won the gold medal, becoming the first Asian squash Champion from India. In April 2018, Joshna upset Nicol David in the second round, in straight games, of the El Gouna World Series Event. This was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Clyne
Alan Clyne (born 25 July 1986 in Inverness) is a Scottish former professional squash player. As of 2021, he was ranked No. 38 in the world. He has won the Scottish National title ten times. He represented his country at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in both singles and doubles, and was the Scottish number one, following in the footsteps of greats such as Peter Nicol Peter Nicol (born 5 April 1973) is a former professional squash player from Scotland, who represented first Scotland and then England in international squash. In 1998, while still competing for Scotland, he became the first player from the UK ... and John White. References External links * * * * * * 1986 births Living people Scottish male squash players Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland Squash players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Inverness Squash players at the 2022 Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frania Gillen-Buchert
Frania Gillen-Buchert (born 13 November 1981) is a Scottish female former squash player. She made her international debut in 2000 and achieved her career-best ranking of 53 in 2003. Buchert graduated at the University of Stirling. Buchert competed at the Commonwealth Games in 2006, 2010 and 2014 representing Scotland. After the 2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ..., she retired from international squash competitions, ending her 17-year squash career. References 1981 births Living people Scottish female squash players Squash players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland Scottish people of South African ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan
Mohamad Nafiizwan bin Mohamad Adnan (born 24 April 1986 in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu), known as Nafiizwan Adnan and nicknamed The Komodo, is a professional squash player who has represented Malaysia. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 26 in May 2017. He became the first ever Malaysian male squash player to claim a medal in the men's singles event at the Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ... after clinching the historical bronze medal for Malaysia in the men's singles event during the 2018 Commonwealth Games. References External links * * * 1986 births Living people Malaysian male squash players Sportspeople from Kuala Terengganu Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games bronze med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delia Arnold
Delia Arnold (born 26 January 1986, in Kuala Lumpur) is a former professional squash (sport), squash player who represented Malaysia. She reached a career-high ranking of World No. 12. Career Arnold, coached by Ahmed Malik and Peter Genever began playing on the PSA tour in 2003 and reached the World No. 48 rankings by February 2006. More than ten months later, she moved up to the 34th spot. In 2010, she was part of the Malaysian team that won the bronze medal at the 2010 Women's World Team Squash Championships. Two years later in 2012, she was again part of the Malaysian team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Women's World Team Squash Championships. In 2014, she was part of the Malaysian team that won the silver medal at the 2014 Women's World Team Squash Championships. In May 2015 she defeated world No.3 Alison Waters from England, world No.11 Annie Au from Hong Kong and world No.3 Raneem El Weleily from Egypt in the 2015 Women's British Open Squash Championship where sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Coll
Paul Daniel Coll (born 9 May 1992) is a New Zealand professional squash player. In March 2022, he became the first New Zealand man to achieve a world ranking of World No. 1. He is a two times British Open champion, having won this tournament in 2021 and 2022. Career While Coll never achieved the same success in his junior career that he would see at the professional level, his first major breakthrough came when he was ranked 31st in the world and won the $100,000 St. George's Hill Classic in Weybridge, England, as a qualifier. He beat 4 players in the top 20 to win the title, which raised him to no. 20 in the world. He made history in September 2017 when he became no. 10 in the PSA World Rankings. He is only the fourth New Zealander to break the top 10 in the world, the ones before him, including former world champion and world no. 2 Ross Norman. Coll claimed his first Commonwealth Games medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games as he clinched a silver medal in the men's si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Landers-Murphy
Amanda Landers-Murphy (born 7 June 1991 in Rotorua) is a New Zealand professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of world No. 35 in February 2013. Of Māori descent, Landers-Murphy affiliates to Te Āti Awa Te Āti Awa or Te Ātiawa is a Māori iwi with traditional bases in the Taranaki and Wellington regions of New Zealand. Approximately 17,000 people registered their affiliation to Te Āti Awa in 2001, with about 10,000 in Taranaki, 2,000 in We .... The two-time world doubles champion and 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medallist made the decision to retire from professional squash in 2018 but her doubles partner, Joelle King, persuaded her to come out of retirement. She won the 2021 Liquorland Howick PSA Open and the 2017 North Shore Open. References External links * * * * * * * 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Rotorua New Zealand female squash players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
