Dan Jenson
Dan Jenson | |
Nationality: | Australia |
Birthday: | June 20, 1975 |
1st professional season: | 1993 |
Resignation: | 2007 |
Playing hand: | Right |
successes | |
Career title: | 12 |
Career finals: | 18th |
Best placement: | 5 (January 1999) |
Sources: official player profiles at PSA and Squashinfo (see web links ) |
Dan Jenson (born June 20, 1975 in Brisbane ) is a former Australian squash player and current squash trainer.
Career
Dan Jenson was active on the PSA World Tour from 1993 to 2008 and won twelve titles during that time. His greatest successes include the bronze medal in doubles in 2006 with David Palmer at the Commonwealth Games and the world title in mixed in 1997 with Liz Irving . In the doubles competition he was runner- up in 1997 with Craig Rowland and in 2006 with Joseph Kneipp . Dan Jenson achieved his best position in the world rankings in January 1999 with fifth place. He played several times for the Australian national team , including 1999 , but was not part of the team when they won the title in 2001 and 2003. In 2004 and 2006 he became Australian champion .
After his playing career, he worked as a coach at the Aspire Academy in Qatar from 2007 to 2011 before becoming head coach at a squash club in Briarcliff Manor , New York . In March 2016 he was signed for the coaching staff of the Australian national team.
successes
- Vice world champion in doubles: 1997 (with Craig Rowland ), 2006 (with Joseph Kneipp )
- Mixed World Champion: 1997 (with Liz Irving )
- Won PSA -Titel: 12
- Commonwealth Games : 1 × bronze ( doubles 2006 )
- Australian champion : 2004, 2006
Web links
- Player profile at psaworldtour.com ( Memento from November 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- Player profile at squashinfo.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Squash Australia appoints new High Performance coach ( Memento from March 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), squashorg.au from March 18, 2016. Retrieved on March 19, 2016.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jenson, Dan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian squash player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1975 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brisbane , Australia |