Craig Rowland
 Rowland at the World Masters 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Residence | Rockhampton, Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 June 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-Handed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 7 (November 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour final(s) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated: 20 December 2011. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Craig Rowland (born 30 June 1971)[1] is a squash coach and former professional squash player from Australia. As a player, he reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 7 in 1996. He won a Gold Medal in the mixed doubles at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, partnering Michelle Martin. Rowland was also runner-up in the men's doubles at the inaugural World Squash Federation World Doubles Squash Championships in 1997, partnering with Dan Jenson against winners Chris Walker-Mark Cairns of England (15-11, 15-13).[2] He is also a friend of cricketing legend Paul Hoffman.
Craig has also been very successful in the World Masters Squash, winning the World Masters Squash Championships 2012—Birmingham in the M40 division in a victory over Nick Taylor of England (11-6, 11-5, 5-11, 11-7) and the World Masters Squash Championships 2014—Hong Kong again champion in the M40 division over Zuko Kubukeli[3] of South Africa (11-4, 11-13, 11-2, 11-4).
Other notable achievements:
Runner Up in the 1996 Tournament of Champions (squash) in New York.[4][5] In the semi-final Craig stunned the squash world by winning in straight games over the great Jansher Khan. He went into the final to play Jonathon Power[6] and went down in a marathon five games (15-4, 9-15, 15-10, 16-17, 15-9);
Semi-final of the 1995 Men's World Open Squash Championship in Nicosia, Cyprus. The event was won by Jansher Khan of Pakistan, his seventh Men's World Open Squash title;
Quarter-final of the 1996 Men's World Open Squash Championship in Lahore, Pakistan, where he came up against Peter Nicol.
References
- ^ "Squash Info profile". Archived from the original on 2 November 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
- ^ https://www.worldsquash.org/calendar/roll-of-honour/
- ^ http://www.squashinfo.com/players/3242-zuko-kubukeli
- ^ https://psaworldtour.com/news/view/6921/tournament-history-mens-world-championship
- ^ https://tocsquash.com/
- ^ https://www.squashplayer.co.uk/magazine/power-interview.htm
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