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Mark Cairns (squash player)

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Mark Cairns
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1967-06-21) 21 June 1967 (age 57)
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Sport
SportSquash
Medal record
Men's squash
Representing  England
World Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Cairo Team
World Doubles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Hong Kong Doubles
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Doubles

Mark Cairns (born 21 June 1967) is a male former professional squash player from England.

Squash career

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Cairns reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 7 in 1995. In 1997, he won the British National Squash Championships and teamed-up with Chris Walker to win the men's doubles title at the inaugural World Doubles Squash Championships. Cairns and Walker also teamed-up to win a bronze medal for England in the men's doubles at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.[1][2]

Personal life

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Mark currently lives in Oxfordshire, and works in property management. He has two children and lives with his wife.

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References

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  1. ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  2. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.