Brett Martin (squash player)

{{Short description|Australian squash player (born 1963)}}

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Brett Martin (born 23 January 1963) is a former professional squash player who was among the game's leading players in the late-1980s and early-1990s. Brett was part of the winning Australian team at the 1989 Men's World Team Squash Championships and 1991 Men's World Team Squash Championships and was also a runner-up in the 1993 Men's World Team Squash Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsquash.org/ws/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Mens-Team-Open.pdf|title=Men's World Team Championship|work=World Squash |publisher= World Squash Federation|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130090623/http://www.worldsquash.org/ws/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Mens-Team-Open.pdf|archivedate=30 January 2016}} He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 2 in 1994.[https://www.squashinfo.com/player/900-brett-martin Brett Martin] Squash Info, retrieved 20 December 2011

Martin comes from one of squash's most successful families. His brother Rodney Martin and sister Michelle Martin were also top professional players.[https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=HmcWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_RQEAAAAIBAJ&dq=brett%20martin%20squash&pg=6844%2C2775619 Martin hangs up his racquet] New Straits Times (25 November 1997)