Stefan Casteleyn

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Stefan Casteleyn Squash player
Nationality: BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Birthday: February 25, 1974
Size: 180 cm
Weight: 75 kg
1st professional season: 1993
Resignation: 2001
Playing hand: Right
Trainer: Don Veale
successes
Career title: 10
Career finals: 25th
Best placement: 7 (December 1999)
Sources: official player profiles at PSA and Squashinfo (see web links )

Stefan Casteleyn (born February 25, 1974 in Brussels ) is a former Belgian squash player .

Career

Stefan Casteleyn was the first and so far only Belgian player who was ever able to advance into the top ten of the world rankings. His best placement was seventh in December 1999. In the course of his career he won ten tournaments on the PSA World Tour and stood in a total of 25 finals. His greatest achievement was reaching the semi-finals of the 1998 World Cup . With the Belgian national team he took part in numerous European championships . He is the Belgian record champion with 19 national titles. In 2001 he announced the end of his career due to a persistent back injury. From 2007 to 2011, however, he repeatedly took part in tournaments on the professional tour and reached the semi-finals twice. During this time he was a full-time trainer in Los Angeles .

Stefan Casteleyn was married. He has a daughter (* 2014) with his girlfriend Kim Hannes , a former Belgian squash player.

successes

  • Won PSA -Titel: 10
  • Belgian champion : 19 titles (1992–1996, 1998–2000, 2004–2011, 2013–2015)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Casteleyn on Song in Oklahoma ( Memento from July 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Canadian makes more gains on tour ( Memento from July 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Belgian Casteleyn gets prestigious LA post ( Memento of February 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Casteleyn, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian squash player
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels , Belgium