Daryl Selby
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Daryl Selby (born 3 November 1982) is a former professional squash player who represented England. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 9 in April 2010.[1][2]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Selby attended Brentwood School, Essex as his secondary school between 1994 and 2001. His sister is professional squash player Lauren Selby.
He won the British National Squash Championships in 2011, defeating the reigning World Champion and World No.1,[3] Nick Matthew in the final 9-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7 (84m).
In 2012, he reached the semifinals of the Tournament of Champions, losing to James Willstrop in semifinals.
In June 2013, he was gold medalist with the England Team during the 2013 World Team Championships. In the same year, in reached for the first time the quarterfinals of the World Championships.
Selby won seven gold medals for the England men's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships from 2009 to 2019.[4][5]
He retired in August 2022, after having won another silver medal in the doubles competition of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[6][7]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ PSA Player Profile
- ^ SquashInfo Player Profile
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- ^ King makes squash history after all-English thriller takes place at Birmingham 2022
External links
[edit | edit source]- Daryl Selby at the Professional Squash Association (archive) (archive 2)
- Daryl Selby at Squash Info
- Daryl Selby at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)Lua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Daryl Selby at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- 1982 births
- Living people
- English male squash players
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in squash
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Squash players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Squash players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Squash players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- People educated at Brentwood School, Essex
- People from Shenfield
- Sportspeople from Brentwood, Essex
- Sportspeople from Harlow
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Squash players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century English sportsmen