About Steve Bowditch
Born 1955. Steve Bowditch is an Australian squash player.
Steven Mangirri Bowditch (born 9 August 1955) is a former leading professional squash player from Australia who excelled in both soft and hardball versions of the game. He was the 1981 ISRF world champion.
Biography Bowditch started playing squash in 1966 and turned professional in 1977, competing at the 1977 Men's World Open Squash Championship where he lost to Geoff Hunt in the second round. In 1978, he was named fourth member of an Australian team led by Geoff Hunt. He was eliminated in the 3rd round of both the 1979 and 1980 PSA World Championships, losing to semifinalist Mohibullah Khan in 1980.
Bowditch captained the Australian team at the 1981 World Team Squash Championships in Sweden (an amateur event but open to professionals) which lost to Pakistan in the final. He took the ISRF World Individual Championship
Bowditch made the 3rd round at both 1982 and 1983 World Opens, taking finalist Dean Williams to four sets in the former and losing to semi-finalist Gamal Awad the next year.
In 1985, Bowditch finished runner-up to Jahangir Khan in the then richest tournament on the professional tour, the Drakkar North American Squash Open, taking home US$8,300. The same year, he lost by one point in the fifth set to Ned Edwards in the final of the Boston Open.
Bowditch achieved his highest world ranking, 16, in 1986
In retirement, Bowditch served on the World Squash Council and as coach to the Malaysian national squash team. the Northern Territory Government's Hall of Champions in 2006 and Squash Australia's Hall of Fame in 2015.
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Who is Steve Bowditch?
Australian squash player
When was Steve Bowditch born?
Steve Bowditch was born on 9 August 1955 in Darwin.
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Steve Bowditch is a squash player.
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Steve Bowditch is Australian.
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