Glen Wilson
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Glen Wilson (born 26 March 1971 in Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt is a satellite city of Wellington. It is New Zealand's smallest city by population, the second largest by land area. It is in Greater Wellington.-Geography:Upper Hutt is 30 km north-east of Wellington...
) is a squash
Squash (sport)
Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
coach and former professional squash player from New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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As a player, Wilson was a three-time New Zealand national champion, and reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 24.
He won a mixed doubles Bronze Medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
1998 Commonwealth Games
The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 September to 21 September 1998 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th century. A record 70 nations supplied 3638 athletes...
(partnering Sarah Cook
Sarah Cook (squash player)
Sarah Jane Cook is a squash player from New Zealand. She won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, partnering Glen Wilson.- External links :*...
), a mixed doubles Gold Medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
(partnering Leilani Joyce
Leilani Joyce
Leilani Joyce is a former World No. 1 professional squash player from New Zealand. During her career, she won the British Open in 1999 and 2000, and finished runner-up at the World Open in 2000 and 2001....
), and a mixed doubles Silver Medal at the 2004 World Doubles Squash Championships
World Doubles Squash Championships
The World International Doubles Squash Championships is a squash tournament which includes Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles events. Under the rules of the championships, double pairs must be made up of two players from the same country...
(partnering Shelley Kitchen
Shelley Kitchen
Shelley Celia Kitchen MNZM is a female professional squash player from New Zealand.At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Kitchen beat World No. 1 Nicol David of Malaysia in the third-place match to capture the women's singles Bronze Medal...
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Wilson is currently the head pro of Club Atwater in Montreal
Montreal
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