Alister Walker
Alister Walker 
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| Walker in November 2009 | |
| Nationality: |
 Botswana (2011−) England (2002–2011)  |
| Birthday: | September 19, 1982 |
| Size: | 175 cm |
| Weight: | 74 kg |
| 1st professional season: | 2002 |
| Playing hand: | Right |
| Trainer: | David Pearson |
| successes | |
| Career title: | 10 |
| Career finals: | 19th |
| Best placement: | 12 (November 2012) |
| Sources: official player profiles at PSA and Squashinfo (see web links ) | |
Alister Walker (born September 19, 1982 in Gaborone ) is a former English - Botswana squash player and trainer.
Career
In his junior career, Alister Walker won gold with the English team at World and European Championships and the Commonwealth Youth Games . He began his professional career in the 2002 season. In April 2009 he was nominated for the first time for the English national team and won the European championship title with it . Due to the close connection with his native Botswana, Alister Walker left the elite support program of the English Squash Association at the end of 2010 and moved to New York City . Since June 2011 he has been representing Botswana on the PSA World Tour . On this he won ten titles. He achieved his best placement in the world rankings with twelfth in November 2012. In 2013 he took part in a world championship with Botswana for the first time.
In February 2016, he became an assistant coach at Columbia University in New York City.
Private
Alister Walker is the son of the English teacher Guy Walker and the Botswanian Keitirele Walker and was born in Gaborone . The family lived in Zomba , Malawi until 1985 before moving back to Gaborone. Alister Walker began playing squash at the age of eleven. In 1998 he received a scholarship to Wycliffe College in Gloucestershire and then moved to England .
successes
- European champion with the English team: 2009
- Won PSA -Titel: 10
Web links
- Player profile at psaworldtour.com (English)
- Player profile at squashinfo.com (English)
- Internet presence of Alister Walker (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Columbia Squash Coaching Staff Welcomes Alister Walker , gocolumbialions.com February 2, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
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| SURNAME | Walker, Alister |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English-Botswana squash player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gaborone , Botswana |