Geoff Hunt & Michelle Martin To Be Inducted Into PSA Hall of Fame In Brisbane
Published Wed 29 Jan 2025
The pair will be inducted on 10 March during the Squash Australian Open Gala Dinner at Rydges South Bank, Brisbane, which will be followed by the 2025 Easy Times Brewing Co Squash Australian Open in Brisbane from 11-16 March. Tickets for the event are available to buy here.
The most prolific Australian male squash player of all time, Geoff Hunt enjoyed a captivating rivalry with Jonah Barrington in the nascent stages of his career before going on to cement himself as one of the greatest players ever to play the sport.
Hunt broke onto the scene with a win at the 1969 British Open followed by another win in 1974. The Australian then dominated the tournament between 1976-1981 as he captured six successive titles at the sport’s longest-running tournament – putting him second on the list of all-time winners with a total of eight to his name.
Hunt also has the distinction of winning squash’s first ever World Championship in 1976. That 3-2 win over Pakistan’s Mohibullah Khan kicked off a run that saw him claim a trio of World Championships in succession. Hunt won his final World Championship crown in 1980 at the age of 33.
In addition to being inducted into the Australian Sport Hall of Fame, Hunt has also been rewarded for his services to squash, receiving an MBE, while he has progressed into coaching since hanging up his racket.
Former World No.1 and World Champion Michelle Martin was one of the game’s leading players in the 1990s. She was ranked No.1 in the world from 1993 to 1996 and again in 1998 and 1999 and won three World Open titles and six British Open titles during her career.
Michelle, sister of fellow squash legends Brett and Rodney, began her professional squash career in 1987, when she competed in her first of six World Team Squash Championships. She spent 44 months as the best women’s squash player in the world from March 1993 to October 1996 and won three consecutive World Open championships from 1993 to 1995 and was a finalist in all the World Opens from 1992 to 1999, except 1996. She also won six consecutive British Opens from 1993 to 1998.
She represented her country at the 1996 and 1999 Squash World Cups and won gold medals at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games in the women’s singles and mixed doubles.
For those who would like to be there to see Hunt and Martin inducted into the PSA Hall of Fame and hear their thoughts on the recognition, tickets are available to buy here.
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(Article from PSA Squash Tour website)