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 Alan Clyne at the 2017 Men's World Team Squash Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 July 1986 Inverness, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turned pro | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Paul Bell, Martin Heath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Racquet used | Harrow Vapor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 24 (November 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 38 (April 2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour final | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alan Clyne (born 25 July 1986) is a Scottish former professional squash player. He reached a world ranking of 24 in November 2017.[1] He attended four Commonwealth Games, was a ten-time national champion and world doubles champion.
Biography
[edit]Clyne represented the Scottish team[2] at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, where he competed in the squash events[3] reaching the semi-finals of the men's doubles with Harry Leitch.[4][5]
Clyne attended his second Commonwealth Games after being selected by the Scottish team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow,[6] where he competed in the singles and doubles events reaching the semi-finals of the men's doubles with Harry Leitch again.[7] Four years later a third appearance ensued, representing the 2018 Scottish team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia, where he competed in the singles and doubles events reaching the semi-finals of the men's doubles with Greg Lobban.[8]
In between his second and third Games, he won the 2016 World Squash Doubles Championships with Greg Lobban.[9] He went to his fourth Commonwealth Games in 2022 in Birmingham.[10]
Clyne was a ten-time national singles champion at the Scottish National Squash Championships in 2008, 2010, and from 2014 to 2020.[11]
He was the Scottish number one, following in the footsteps of greats such as Peter Nicol and John White.
References
[edit]- ↑ "PSA World Rankings – World Squash". Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games 2010: Squash results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Scotland Delhi 2010". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "England, Australia & Malaysia Expected To Share Commonwealth Games Squash Gold". Squash Info. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Detailed Schedule". Delhi 2010 Official site. Archived from the original on 3 April 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games 2014". Squash Player. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Scotland Glasgow 2014". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Squash - Men's Doubles results". BBC Sport. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Clyne & Lobban Lift World Doubles Crown". Team Scotland. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "North Kessock's Greg Lobban and Munlochy's Alan Clyne names in Scotland squash squad for Commonwealth Games in Birmingham next month". Ross-shire Journal. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "National Champions". Scottish Squash. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
External links
[edit]- Alan Clyne at the Professional Squash Association (archive) (archive 2)
- Alan Clyne at Squash Info
- Alan Clyne at Team Scotland
- Alan Clyne at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Alan Clyne at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Alan Clyne at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Scottish male squash players
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland
- Squash players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Squash players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Squash players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Squash players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Inverness
- 21st-century Scottish sportsmen