Jonah Barrington

Jonah Barrington is a retired Irish and English squash player, born on 29 April 1941 and originally from Morwenstow in Cornwall. He attended Headfort School in County Meath and Cheltenham College and spent two years at Trinity College Dublin. He won the British Open, then the effective world championship, six times between 1967 and 1973 and was known as Mr. Squash. He was national champion in 1980, won three consecutive British Amateur titles from 1966 to 1969 and turned professional after losing the 1969 World Amateur final to Geoff Hunt. In 1974 he helped form the International Squash Players Association.