Amanda Landers-Murphy
Amanda Landers-Murphy ![]() |
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Birthday: | June 7, 1991 |
Size: | 169 cm |
Weight: | 60 kg |
1st professional season: | 2008 |
Playing hand: | Left |
Trainer: | Danny McQueen |
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Career title: | 12 |
Career finals: | 21st |
Best placement: | 35 (February 2013) |
Current placement: | 42 |
Last update of the infobox: June 1st, 2019 | |
Sources: official player profiles at PSA and Squashinfo (see web links ) |
Amanda Landers-Murphy (born June 7, 1991 in Rotorua ) is a New Zealand squash player .
Career
Amanda Landers-Murphy began her career in 2008 and has so far won twelve titles on the PSA World Tour . She reached her highest place in the world rankings in February 2013 with rank 35. With the New Zealand national team she took part in the World Cup in 2012 , 2014 , 2016 and 2018 . She was also part of the New Zealand squad for the 2014 Commonwealth Games . In singles she reached the second round, in doubles she was eliminated from Joelle King in the quarterfinals. She also reached the quarter-finals in mixed with Paul Coll . With Joelle King she became world champion in doubles in 2016 . In 2017 she defended her title with King. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games , the next title followed. Although she was eliminated in the singles and mixed games in the round of 16. On the other hand, she won the gold medal with Joelle King, with whom she started the doubles tournament .
successes
- World champion in doubles: 2016 and 2017 (each with Joelle King )
- Won PSA -Titel: 12
- Commonwealth Games : 1 × gold ( doubles 2018 )
Web links
- Player profile at psaworldtour.com (English)
- Player profile at squashinfo.com (English)
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SURNAME | Landers-Murphy, Amanda |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand squash player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1991 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rotorua , New Zealand |