{{Short description|English squash player and commentator}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox squash player | name = Joey Barrington | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1979|1|18}} | birth_place = Solihull, England | height = {{height|m=1.84|precision=0}} | weight = {{convert|78|kg|lb}} | event = Men's singles | country = {{ENG}} | turnedpro = 2001 | retired = 2012 | racquet = Dunlop | coach = Jonah Barrington | highest_ranking = 24 | date_of_highest_ranking = January 2007 | titles = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's squash}} {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalCompetition | European Team Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2008 Amsterdam | Team}} }} '''Joey Barrington''' (born 18 January 1979) is a former professional squash player from England. He reached a career high ranking of 24 in the world during January 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/40-joey-barrington |title=Profile and world ranking |website=Squash Info |access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref> He is the son of the squash player Jonah Barrington.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/andrew-baker/2299799/Joey-Barrington-carries-on-the-squash-dynasty.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209063513/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/andrew-baker/2299799/Joey-Barrington-carries-on-the-squash-dynasty.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-02-09|title=Joey Barrington carries on the squash dynasty|last=Baker|first=Andrew|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=2008-05-07|access-date=2018-02-08|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
== Biography == Barrington attended Millfield and studied Sport and Exercise Science at Birmingham University, graduating in 2000.<ref>{{cite journal |editor1-last=Davies |editor1-first=John |title=Distinguished Old Millfieldians |journal=Old Millfieldian Society Chronicle |date=2012 |page=13 |url=https://issuu.com/strattons/docs/millfield_chronicle_2012 |access-date=21 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pullen |first1=Nick |title=Joey Barrington's a chip off the old block |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/other-sport/joey-barringtons-a-chip-off-the-old-block-61294 |access-date=21 July 2023 |work=BirminghamLive |date=7 April 2008 |language=en}}</ref>
Barrington won a gold medal for the England men's national squash team at the 2008 European Squash Team Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://intersportstats.com/competition_types/292 |title=European Team Squash Championships |website=InterSportStats |access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/history/100/mens/european-team-championship |title=Men's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events) |website=Squash Info |access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref>
He is currently the lead commentator for the PSA World Tour.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
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== External links == * {{Squash Info|40}}
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