Borja Golán (born 6 January 1983 in

Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela, simply Santiago, or Compostela, in the province of Province of A Coruña, A Coruña, is the capital of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city ...

) is a Spanish retired professional squash player. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in April 2014.

Career overview

In August 2009, in the Colombian Open final, Borja suffered serious injury to his right knee which kept him out of action for six months. He reached the top ten World Ranking the month following the tournament. About three years later, in 2013, he got back into the top 10. In November, he reached the semi-final of the

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, winning in the quarter-final against the seed No. 1

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in a tense and controversial match. In December, he was runner-up of the Hong Kong Open, his first

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final, against

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. He announced his retirement in May 2023.‘A warrior on court’: Borja Golan retires
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Major PSA World Series, World Series final appearances

Hong Kong Open: 1 final (0 title, 1 runner-up)

References

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* * 1983 births Living people Spanish male squash players Sportspeople from Santiago de Compostela 21st-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-squash-bio-stub