Jesse Engelbrecht

Jesse Engelbrecht
Nationality:	South Africa 2007-2010 Zimbabwe 2002-2006
Birthday:	5th January 1983
Size:	190 cm
1st professional season:	2002
Playing hand:	Right
successes
Career title:	1
Career finals:	5
Best placement:	55 (August 2008)
Sources: official player profiles at PSA and Squashinfo (see web links )

Jesse Engelbrecht (born January 5, 1983 in Durban ) is a former South African squash player who played for Zimbabwe at the beginning of his career .

Career

Jesse Engelbrecht was born in Durban in South Africa and shortly afterwards moved with his parents near the Zimbabwean capital Harare . There he began to play squash and was very successful at the national level in his junior years. He turned down a scholarship from Harvard University to become a professional player. After graduating from college, he therefore moved his training base to England . From 2002 he played on the PSA World Tour , in the same year he represented Zimbabwe at the Commonwealth Games in 2002 . On the World Tour he won one title in a total of five finals in the course of his career. He reached his highest position in the world rankings with position 55 in August 2008.

After his parents' farm in Zimbabwe was in danger of being attacked and looted like many others in the country, they decided to move to South Africa in 2006. For this reason Engelbrecht decided to apply for South African citizenship, which he finally received at the end of 2006. With the South African national team he took in 2007 and 2009 at the World Cup in part. In 2008 he was South African runner- up behind Stephen Coppinger . He ended his career as a player in January 2010 and has been a squash coach ever since. During his career, he completed 17 appearances for the Zimbabwean national team and 14 appearances for South Africa.

successes

• Won PSA -Titel: 1
• South African runner-up: 2008

Web links

• Autobiography of Jesse Engelbrecht (English)
• Player profile at squashinfo.com (English)