Peter Barker

Peter Barker (born 26 September 1983) is a professional squash player from Upminster, England. He reached a career high ranking of 13 in the world during November 2007.

Biography Barker was born in London and was educated at Brentwood School from 1995 to 2002.

In September 2008, Barker defeated David Palmer twice, with a decisive 3–0 victory over David Palmer in Chicago at the Sweet Home Chicago Open, and a 3–2 victory in Baltimore at the Merrit Properties Open. Barker's highest world ranking of 5 was reached in December 2012. and won the bronze medal in the 2010 Commonwealth Games squash men's singles event in Delhi after defeating Mohd Azlan Iskandar from Malaysia in straight sets, 11-5, 11–4, 11–2. The match ended in 45 minutes. Barker had a match point against Ramy Ashour in the quarterfinals of the 2012 U.S. Open, but ended up losing the match. Ashour would go on to win the US Open, beating Gregory Gaultier in the finals.

Barker went to another Commonwealth Games after representing the 2014 England team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, where he competed in the squash events and won two medals.

Barker won eight gold medals for the England men's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Barker is currently a broker.