Simon Parke is a professional 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...

 player from England

England

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Parke won the World Junior Squash Championship title in 1990.

As a professional player, he broke into the world's top-20 in 1991, and the top-10 in 1995. He was then diagnosed with testicular cancer

Testicular cancer

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 in December 1995, and underwent surgery

Surgery

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 in January 1996, followed by treatment which included chemotherapy

Chemotherapy

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. He returned to the professional squash circuit just four months after his surgery.

Parke won the US Open

United States Open (squash)

The United States Open squash championships is an annual squash tournament sponsored by U.S. Squash. The championship was inaugurated in 1954 as an opportunity for professionals and amateurs to compete against each other...

 title in 1999. He also helped England win two World Team Squash Championships

World Team Squash Championships

The World Team Squash Championships are an international squash competition played between teams representing different nations. Countries enter teams of three or four players to represent them in the championships. In each round of the competition, teams face each other in a best-of-three singles...

 titles, and won the British National Championships

British National Squash Championships

The British National Squash Championships are the national squash championships for players from the United Kingdom & Ireland. They are held annually in early February and have been held at the National Squash Centre at Sportscity in Manchester since 2003....

 in 1998.

Parke reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 3.