Joelle King

Joelle King (born 30 September 1988) is a New Zealand professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in April 2014.

Early life King was born and raised in Cambridge, New Zealand. She is the youngest child in her family, having two older brothers. Of Māori descent, she affiliates to Ngāti Porou.

Career

In July 2009, King won the Australian Women's Open by beating Annie Au in the final played at Clare, South Australia.

King won gold in women's doubles and silver medal in mixed doubles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. She also won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

During the 2018 Commonwealth Games, King won the gold medal in the women's singles event for New Zealand. On the other side, fellow New Zealand squash player, Paul Coll clinched a silver medal in the men's singles event. This was also the first instance where a male and a female squash player from New Zealand had managed to qualify in the final of the respective events at a Commonwealth Games event. She won her first platinum event on the WSA tour at the 2018 Hong Kong Squash Open beating Raneem El Weleily 3–0 in the final.

King was the flagbearer for New Zealand at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 alongside Tom Walsh.

In May 2023, she reached the semi final of the 2023 PSA Women's World Squash Championship, before losing to the number 2 seed Nour El Sherbini.

Personal life On 28 December 2012, King married cricketer Ryan Shutte in Cambridge. He put his cricket career on hold to become her manager.