Mark Cairns (squash player)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 June 1967 Oxford, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | No. 10 (July 1995) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mark Cairns (born 21 June 1967) is a male former professional squash player from England. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 10 in 1995.
In 1997 Cairns won the British National Squash Championships and teamed-up with Chris Walker to win the men's doubles title at the inaugural World Squash Doubles Championships.[1] Cairns and Walker also teamed-up for England in the men's doubles at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur,[2][3][4] winning a bronze medal.[5]
In 1999 he helped England win a bronze medal at the 1999 Men's World Team Squash Championships after the team defeated Australia in the third place play-off.[6]
Cairns won three consecutive gold medals for the England men's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships from 1995 to 1997.[7][8]
