Ross Norman

Ross Norman

Ross Norman in March 2014
Nationality:	New Zealand New Zealand
Birthday:	January 7, 1959
1st professional season:	1980
Resignation:	1995
Playing hand:	Right
successes
Career title:	4th
Career finals:	19th
Best placement:	2 (December 1985)
World championship title:	1
Sources: official player profiles at PSA and Squashinfo (see web links )

Ross William Norman , MNZM (born January 7, 1959 in Whitianga ) is a former New Zealand squash player .

Career

Norman's highest ranking in the world rankings was second in December 1985, which he held for a long time behind Jahangir Khan . This was unbeaten for five years or 555 games by the time of the 1986 World Cup in Toulouse . But in the final of the world championship Norman managed to break this dominance and secure the world title with a 3-1 victory. The jump to the top of the world rankings was denied to him despite this success. He is the only New Zealander to ever become world champion in men's squash. With the New Zealand national team he was runner-up behind Pakistan in 1985 and 1987. In 1982, 1984 and 1985 he won the New Zealand national championship . In November 1995, Norman ended his career.

In 2009, Norman was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame as the second squash player after Susan Devoy , and in the same year he was also inducted into the New Zealand Squash Hall of Fame . In January 2014 he was appointed a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit . He is the father of two sons.

successes

Individual world champion : 1986

Vice world champion with the team: 1985 , 1987

Won PSA -Titel: 4

New Zealand Champion : 3 titles (1982, 1984, 1985)

Web links

Player profile at squashinfo.com (English)

Individual evidence

^ New Zealand squash champion Ross Norman suffers horrific facial injury after being punched at random in the street , standard.co.uk on December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
^ New Year Honors List 2014 , Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, December 31, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Norman, Ross
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Norman, Ross William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	New Zealand squash player
DATE OF BIRTH	January 7, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	Whitianga , New Zealand

[1] New Zealand squash champion Ross Norman suffers horrific facial injury after being punched at random in the street , standard.co.uk on December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.

[2] New Year Honors List 2014 , Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, December 31, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2015.