Joseph Kneipp

Country

Australia

Residence

Amsterdam

Born

27 September 1973
Brisbane

Height

1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)

Turned Pro

1994

Retired

2007

Plays

Right-Handed

Coached by

Daniel Kneipp

Men's Singles

Highest ranking

10 (January 2004)

World Open

SF (2003)

Medal record

Squash
Competitor for Australia
Commonwealth Games
	2006 Melbourne	Mixed Doubles

Last updated on: 20 December 2011.

Joseph ("Joe") Kneipp (born 27 September 1973 in Brisbane, Queensland) is a professional squash player from Australia.

Kneipp was born in Brisbane and grew up near Cairns. He began playing squash at the age of seven. As a junior, he won the Australian under-13 squash championship title. At the age of 14, he attended the Australian Institute of Sport for a year. He captained the Australian team which won the world junior team title in 1992.

Kneipp joined the professional circuit in 1994. His career-high world ranking to date is World No. 10 in January 2004. That year, he finished runner-up to Thierry Lincou in the Super Series Finals.

Kneipp won a Gold Medal in the mixed doubles at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, partnering Natalie Grinham. He also won the mixed doubles title at the 2006 World Doubles Squash Championships, partnering Rachael Grinham.

Since 2002, Joe has been coached by his brother Daniel Kneipp. Joe and Dan write a regular column called Team Kneipp at the website Squash Talk.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, March 07, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.