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Cameron Pilley

Australian squash player (born 1982) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cameron Pilley
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Cameron Pilley (born 27 October 1982) is an Australian former professional squash player. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 11 in January 2011.

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Pilley was born in Grafton, New South Wales. From 2001 to 2005, he attended the Australian Institute of Sport on a squash scholarship, where he trained under Geoff Hunt and Rodney Martin. He announced his retirement from professional squash on 27 December 2019.

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Career overview

As a junior player, Pilley won the Australian under-19 title twice and represented Australia in the World Junior Championships. In 2006, he finished runner-up in the mixed doubles event at the World Doubles Squash Championships, partnering with Amelia Pittock.

In 2008, he reached the final of the Canary Wharf Squash Classic, losing to James Willstrop in the final 9–11, 11–9, 8–11, 11–6, 11–3.

In November 2010, he won the Dutch Open against Laurens Jan Anjema in the final 11–7, 11–9, 11–13, 14–12.

On 3 October 2011, Pilley hit a squash ball recorded as 177 mph, breaking the previous record set by John White by 3 miles per hour.[1][2]

In May 2016, he reached the PSA World Series Finals. He beat Mohamad El Shorbagy in the semi-finals by a score of 2–0. He lost to Grégory Gaultier in the finals 3–1 on 28 May 2016.

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Titles and Finals

Major Finals (2)

Major tournaments include:

  • PSA World Championships
  • PSA World Tour Finals
  • Top-tier PSA World Tour tournaments (Platinum/World Series/Super Series)
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Commonwealth Games

Cameron Pilley is a three-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist for Australia. In Delhi in 2010 Pilley with Ryan Cuskelly won bronze in the men’s doubles, and gold in the mixed doubles with Kasey Brown. In Glasgow in 2014, Pilley and Brown won bronze in the mixed doubles, and he won a gold in the men’s doubles with David Palmer. In the Gold Coast games in 2018 he won gold with Donna Lobban in the mixed doubles.

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