Joelle KingMNZM (born 30 September 1988) is a New Zealand professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in April 2014.[1][2]
Early life
King was born and raised in Cambridge, New Zealand. She is the youngest child in her family, having two older brothers. Of Māori descent, she affiliates to Ngāti Porou.[3]
During the 2018 Commonwealth Games, King won the gold medal in the women's singles event for New Zealand.[7] On the other side, fellow New Zealand squash player, Paul Coll clinched a silver medal in the men's singles event.[8] This was also the first instance where a male and a female squash player from New Zealand had managed to qualify in the final of the respective events at a Commonwealth Games event.[9]
She won her first platinum event on the WSA tour at the 2018 Hong Kong Squash Open beating Raneem El Weleily 3–0 in the final.[10]