Lars Harms (squash player)
Lars Harms | |
Nationality: | Switzerland |
Birthday: | September 13, 1977 |
Size: | 178 cm |
1st professional season: | 2000 |
Resignation: | 2005 |
Playing hand: | Right |
Trainer: | Paul Steel |
successes | |
Career title: | 2 |
Career finals: | 6th |
Best placement: | 41 (September 2002) |
Sources: official player profiles at PSA and Squashinfo (see web links ) |
Lars Harms (born September 13, 1977 in Basel ) is a former Swiss squash player who also has German citizenship.
Career
Lars Harms played on the PSA World Tour from 2000 to 2005 . He won two tournaments in these and stood in three other finals. He reached his highest place in the world rankings with rank 41 in September 2002. He was Swiss champion in 1996 and from 2000 to 2005 . Since Harms also has German citizenship, he was also eligible to play in German championships. He became German champion in 2001 and 2003 .
Harms was a member and captain of the Swiss national team for ten years , with which he participated in numerous European and world championships. At World Championships he was in the Swiss squad in 1995 , 1997 , 1999 and 2003 . In 2002 and 2003 he was in the main field of the World Cup. Both times he was eliminated in the first round. Due to a burnout , he ended his career in May the following year.
In 2004 he moved to London , where, following his professional career, he founded a company in the fitness and health industry and ran it from 2005 to 2007. During this time he was employed as a health advisor by Claudia Schiffer . Further activities in this branch followed, initially also in London and since 2012 in Switzerland.
successes
- Won PSA -Titel: 2
- Swiss champions : 7 titles (1996, 2000–2005)
- German champion : 2001, 2003
Web links
- Player profile at psaworldtour.com ( Memento from November 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- Player profile at squashinfo.com (English)
- Interview with Lars Harms on squash.ch
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Harms, Lars |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss-German squash player |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1977 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel , Switzerland |