Steve Bowditch

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Steve Bowditch Squash player
Nationality: AustraliaAustralia Australia
Birthday: August 9, 1955
Playing hand: Right
successes
Best placement: 16 (August 1986)
Sources: official player profiles at PSA and Squashinfo (see web links )

Steven Mangirri Bowditch (born August 9, 1955 in Darwin ) is a former Australian squash player .

Career

Steve Bowditch played squash in the 1970s and 1980s. He achieved his highest ranking in the world rankings with rank 16 in August 1986. He started playing squash in 1966 and became a professional player in 1977.

With the Australian national team he took in 1981 at the World Cup in part. He led the team as captain and reached with her the final against Pakistan , which was lost 3-0. Bowditch had to give up his game against Jahangir Khan in the second set due to an injury. From 1977 to 1985 he was eight times in a row in the main draw of the individual world championships. He reached the second round five times. In addition to the international softball tour of the International Squash Players Association , he also played on the hardball tour of the American World Professional Squash Association , on which he was ranked second in the 1986 ranking. For his successes he was inducted into the Squash Australia Hall of Fame . After his career, Bowditch also worked as a coach, among other things. His coaching positions included engagements with the national teams of Malaysia , Sweden and Austria .

Bowditch belongs to the Aborigines , his tribe are the Arabana .

successes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Palmer: Guinness Book of Squash . Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1984, ISBN 0-85112-270-1 , pp. 93-94 .
  2. ↑ a b James Zug: Steve Bowditch. In: ussquash.com. US Squash , August 8, 2015, accessed October 1, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Steven Bowditch. In: squash.org.au. Squash Australia , accessed October 1, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Bowditch, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bowditch, Steven Mangirri (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian squash player
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Darwin , Australia