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 Rowland
Rowland at the World Masters 2012
Country Australia
Born (1971-06-30) 30 June 1971 (age 53)
ResidenceRockhampton, Queensland
PlaysRight-Handed
Highest ranking7 (November 1996)
Title(s)6
Tour final(s)10
Medal record
Men's squash
Representing  Australia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Nicosia Singles
World Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Petaling Jaya Team
World Doubles Championships
Silver medal – second place 1997 Hong Kong Doubles
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
Updated on 12 April 2022.

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 lost in a marathon five games (15-4, 9-15, 15-10, 16-17, 15-9); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5M8fdCDQAY

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 faced Peter Nicol.

References

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  1. ^ "Squash Info profile". Archived from the original on 2 November 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
  2. ^ "Roll of Honour". 2 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Squash Info | Zuko Kubukeli | Squash".
  4. ^ "Tournament History: Men's World Championship - Professional Squash Association".
  5. ^ https://tocsquash.com/
  6. ^ "Interview with Jonathon Power".
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