Stuart Courtney

Stuart Courtney

Personal information
Born	(1949-04-08) 8 April 1949 Watford, England
Sport
Country	England
Handedness	left-handed
Medal record Men's squash Representing Great Britain World Team Championships Gold medal – first place 1976 Birmingham Team Representing England European Team Championships Gold medal – first place 1973 Edinburgh Team

Stuart Hamilton Courtney (born 8 April 1949) is an English former professional squash player. He was a team world champion and reached a career high ranking of British number 1.

Biography

Courtney born in Watford, England, attended the City of London School and represented Surrey at county level.

His finest success came at the 1976 Men's World Team Squash Championships, when he helped Great Britain become world champions with Jonathan Leslie, Philip Ayton and Ian Robinson.

Courtney was a member of the England men's national squash team that won the gold medal at the inaugural European Squash Team Championships in 1973.

Courtney was twice runner-up at the British National Squash Championships to Jonathan Leslie and Phil Ayton in 1974 and 1975 respectively.

He was the manager of the England team at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and acted as Chief Executive and later Secretary of England Squash from 1992 to 2001.