Del Harris (squash player)
{{Short description|English squash player (born 1969)}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox squash player
| name = Del Harris
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| country = {{ENG}}
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|13 July 1969}}
| birth_place = Colchester, Essex, England
| highest_ranking = 5
| date_of_highest_ranking = March 1996
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's squash }}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 1995 Nicosia | singles}}
{{MedalCompetition | European Team Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 1989 Helsinki | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 1990 Zurich | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 1991 Gelsenkirchen | Team}}
{{MedalBronze | 1992 Aix-en-Provence | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 1995 Amsterdam | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 1998 Helsinki | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 2000 Vienna | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 2002 Böblingen | Team}}
}}
Del Trevor Harris (born 13 July 1969) is a former professional squash player from England.
Biography
Harris won the World Junior Squash Championships title in 1988, and went on to become one of the leading players in the men's professional game in the 1990s. He represented England in the 1989 Men's World Team Squash Championships and 1991 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 1989 |publisher=worldsquash.org |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 |df=dmy }}
In 1995, Harris reached the final of the 1995 Men's World Open Squash Championship, where he lost to the legendary Pakistani player Jansher Khan 15–10, 17–14, 16–17, 15–8. That year Harris was also part of the winning England team in the 1995 Men's World Team Squash Championships and in addition he won the Super Series Finals event, beating Brett Martin of Australia in the final 10–8, 7–9, 9–4, 6–9, 9–2. Further success came in 1997 when he was once again part of the winning England team in the 1997 Men's World Team Squash Championships.
Harris won the British National Squash Championships twice, in 1987 and 1989 and reached his career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in March 1996.
Harris won seven gold medals for the England men's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1998, 2000 and 2002.{{cite web|url=https://intersportstats.com/competition_types/292 |title=European Team Squash Championships |website=InterSportStats |access-date=6 June 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/history/100/mens/european-team-championship |title=Men's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events) |website=Squash Info |access-date=6 June 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820023738/http://www.squashpics.com/topmen/del_harris.htm |title=Page at Squashpics.com }}
- {{Squash Info}}
{{World Series squash men's champions}}
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