Simon Parke

Simon Parke, full name Simon Armour Parke, is a former professional squash player from England, born on 10 August 1972, who reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 3 in October 2000. He won the World Junior Squash Championship in 1990, entered the world top 20 in 1991 and the top 10 in 1995. He was diagnosed with testicular cancer in December 1995, had surgery in January 1996 followed by chemotherapy, and returned to the professional circuit four months after the operation. He was part of the England teams that won the 1995 and 1997 Men's World Team Squash Championships, won the British National Championships in 1998 and the US Open in 1999, and took a silver medal in the mixed doubles at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. He won ten gold medals with the England men's team at the European Squash Team Championships between 1990 and 2005, and from 2012 he has coached squash in Leeds.