Peter Nicol

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Peter Nicol Squash player
Nationality: EnglandEngland England
(2001-2006) Scotland (1993-2001)
ScotlandScotland 
Birthday: 5th April 1973
Size: 180 cm
1st professional season: 1993
Resignation: 2006
Playing hand: Left
successes
Career title: 52
Career finals: 69
Best placement: 1 (February 1998)
Month # 1: 60
World championship title: 1
Sources: official player profiles at PSA and Squashinfo (see web links )

Peter Nicol , MBE (born April 5, 1973 in Inverurie ) is a former Scottish - English squash player . His greatest achievement was winning the 1999 World Cup . As the first British number one in the world, he stayed at the top of the rankings for a total of 60 months.

Career

In his fourteen-year career, Peter Nicol won all the prestigious titles that could be won on the professional squash tour . He won the US Open , the British Open , the Tournament of Champions , the PSA Super Series , several gold medals at the Commonwealth Games and was number one in the world for 60 months.

The highlight of his career was winning the World Cup in 1999 with a smooth victory over Ahmed Barada . Already in 1997 and 1998 he reached the final, but lost it against each Rodney Eyles and Jonathon Power . Since no world championship could be held in the two following years due to sponsorship problems, the left-hander was considered world champion for three years without a fight. Above all, his constant positioning in the world rankings is remarkable: in total he was number one in the world for five years, claiming the position in 2002 and 2003 without interruption. He was also the first ever British world number one. Since squash was included as a competition at the 1998 Commonwealth Games , there had been no singles final without him until Nicol's career ended. He won gold twice in singles, which he also succeeded in doubles.

Nicol's career has been shaped by rivalry with Jonathon Power throughout . In the final statistics Nicol was able to assert himself with 22 wins against 21 losses against Power. In 2006 Nicol ended his career at the World Cup in Cairo . He lost his last match against Thierry Lincou in the quarterfinals with 1: 3. In the world rankings he was last in September 2006 in sixth place.

Due to numerous services and achievements in the sport of squash, Peter Nicol was awarded the honorary title of Member of the British Empire (MBE) by the British royal family in 1999, the year he won the world title .

National team

With the Scottish national team he took part in world championships in 1991 , 1993 , 1995 , 1997 and 1999 . In 1992 he became European champion with the team . Born Scotsman Nicol, after years of active representation of Scotland, felt more and more that he was receiving insufficient support from the association's officials. On March 21, 2001, Nicol decided to play for England from now on . With England, he participated in the World Cup again in 2003 and 2005 . In 2005 he became world champion with the team. From 2003 to 2006 he was also European Champion with England.

successes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Mitchell: Peter Nicol defects to England 2001. In: bbc.com. British Broadcasting Corporation , accessed July 3, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Nicol, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British squash player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th April 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Inverurie , Scotland