Joelle King

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Joelle King
CountryNew Zealand
ResidenceCambridge, New Zealand
Born (1988-09-30) 30 September 1988 (age 35)
Cambridge, New Zealand
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Turned Pro2004
RetiredActive
PlaysRight-handed
Coached byGlen Wilson, Hadrian Stiff
Racquet usedHead
Websitewww.joelleking.com
Women's singles
Highest rankingNo. 4 (November 2022)
Current rankingNo. 4 (December 2022)
Title(s)11
Tour final(s)20
Medal record
Women's squash
Representing  New Zealand
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Chicago Singles
World Doubles Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Darwin Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Darwin Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Manchester Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Manchester Mixed doubles
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Mixed doubles
Last updated: 13 April 2022.

Joelle King MNZM (born 30 September 1988) is a New Zealand professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in April 2014.[1][2]

Early life[edit]

King was born and raised in Cambridge, New Zealand. She is the youngest child in her family, having two older brothers. Of Māori descent, she affiliates to Ngāti Porou.[3]

Career[edit]

In July 2009, King won the Australian Women's Open by beating Annie Au in the final played at Clare, South Australia.[4]

King won one gold and one silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[5] She also won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[6]

During the 2018 Commonwealth Games, King won the gold medal in the women's singles event for New Zealand.[7] On the other side, fellow New Zealand squash player, Paul Coll clinched a silver medal in the men's singles event.[8] This was also the first instance where a male and a female squash player from New Zealand had managed to qualify in the final of the respective events at a Commonwealth Games event.[9] She won her first platinum event on the WSA tour at the 2018 Hong Kong Squash Open beating Raneem El Weleily 3–0 in the final.[10]

King was the flagbearer for New Zealand at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 alongside Tom Walsh.[11]

In May 2023, she reached the semi final of the 2023 PSA Women's World Squash Championship, before losing to the number 2 seed Nour El Sherbini.[12]

Personal life[edit]

On 28 December 2012, King married cricketer Ryan Shutte in Cambridge.[13] He put his cricket career on hold to become her manager.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ WISPA player profile
  2. ^ Joelle King at Squash Info Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Tipene-Leach, Oriini (31 July 2014). "Day 7: Update on our Māori athletes in Glasgow". Television New Zealand. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Squash: King's inner mongrel". The New Zealand Herald. NZPA. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  5. ^ Alderson, Andrew (17 August 2010). "Squash: King's queen of doubles". The New Zealand Herald.
  6. ^ "Joelle King clinches squash gold against England's Sarah-Jane Perry". Stuff. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Kiwi King wins, Coll loses Games squash final". ESPN. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  8. ^ @aldersonnotes, Andrew Alderson Sports reporter, NZ Herald andrew alderson@nzherald co nz (7 April 2018). "Squash: Joelle King and Paul Coll into Commonwealth Games singles finals". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 9 April 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Joelle King, Paul Coll qualify for squash singles finals". Newshub. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Hong Kong Squash Open". Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Commonwealth Games Birmingham 2022 - Flagbearer Joelle King".
  12. ^ "2023 World Championship draws". PSA. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  13. ^ "Joelle King | New Zealand Olympic Team". New Zealand Olympic Team. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  14. ^ Millmow, Jonathan (27 May 2011). "Time is on my side says squash star Joelle King". Stuff. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

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