Callum O'Brien
Callum O'Brien 
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| Nationality: |
 New Zealand
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| Birthday: | 4th November 1982 |
| Size: | 186 cm |
| 1st professional season: | 2001 |
| Resignation: | 2007 |
| Playing hand: | Right |
| Trainer: | Robbie Wyatt, Julie Hawkes |
| successes | |
| Career title: | 3 |
| Career finals: | 5 |
| Best placement: | 61 (June 2005) |
| Sources: official player profiles at PSA and Squashinfo (see web links ) | |
Callum O'Brien (born November 4, 1982 in Cambridge ) is a former New Zealand squash player .
Career
Callum O'Brien began his career in 2001 and won three titles on the PSA World Tour . He achieved his best placement in the world rankings with rank 61 in June 2005. With the New Zealand national team , he took part in the World Cup in 2003 and 2005 . He won six of his eleven games. At the Commonwealth Games 2006 he was also part of the New Zealand squad and competed in mixed competition with Lara Heta . The two reached the quarterfinals, where they met the eventual silver medalists Vicky Botwright and James Willstropdocuments. He became New Zealand national champion for the first time in 2006 after beating Kashif Shuja in the final . In 2003 and 2005 he lost to Shuja in the final.
In 2007 he ended his active career after a hip operation. He has been married since 2013.
successes
- Won PSA -Titel: 3
- New Zealand Champion : 2006
Web links
- Player profile at squashinfo.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Callum O'Brien ( Memento of July 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Former National Champ Ties the Knot , nzsquash.co.nz, April 10, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | O'Brien, Callum |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand squash player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th November 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cambridge , New Zealand |