{{Short description|English squash player}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox squash player | name = Lee Beachill | image = Lee Beachill US Open (cropped).jpg | image_size = 140px | caption = Lee Beachill with his 2005 US Open trophy | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|11|28}} | birth_place = Huddersfield, England | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.82 m | weight = 76 kg | turnedpro = 1998 | retired = 2009 | plays = Right Handed | coach = Malcolm Willstrop | racquet = Dunlop | website = | event = Men's singles | years_active = | highest_ranking = No. 1 | date_of_highest_ranking = October 2004 | played = | titles = 8 | finals = 13 | WorldOpenresult = '''F''' (2004) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's squash}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships}} {{MedalSilver | 2004 Doha | Singles}} {{MedalCompetition | World Team Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2005 Islamabad | Team}} {{MedalGold | 2007 Chennai | Team}} {{MedalBronze | 2001 Melbourne | Team}} {{MedalBronze | 2003 Vienna | Team}} {{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }} {{MedalGold | 2002 Manchester | Doubles }} {{MedalGold | 2006 Melbourne | Doubles }} {{MedalBronze | 2006 Melbourne | Singles }} {{MedalCompetition | European Team Championships}} {{MedalGold | 1999 Linz | Team}} {{MedalGold | 2001 Eindhoven | Team}} {{MedalGold | 2002 Böblingen | Team}} {{MedalGold | 2003 Nottingham | Team}} {{MedalGold | 2004 Rennes | Team}} {{MedalGold | 2005 Amsterdam | Team}} {{MedalGold | 2006 Vienna | Team}} {{MedalGold | 2007 Riccione | Team}} {{MedalGold | 2008 Amsterdam | Team}} }}
'''Lee Beachill''' (born 28 November 1977) is a former World No. 1 squash player from England.
== Biography == Beachill attended Horbury School, Horbury and first played the game at the Skelmanthorpe Squash Club in Yorkshire under the guidance of coach Chris Beck. As a junior player, Beachill helped England win the World Junior Team Championship in 1997, and was the British champion at under-12, under-14, under-17 and under-19 levels.
He reached the World No. 1 ranking in October 2004.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/squash/4580231/Lee-Beachill-ready-for-British-Nationals-swansong.html|author=Rod Gilmour|title=Lee Beachill ready for British Nationals swansong|work=The Telegraph|location=London|date=10 February 2009|accessdate=26 February 2015}}</ref> He also finished runner-up at the World Open that year.
Beachill was part of the English team which won the World Team Squash Championships in 2005. He also represented the 2002 England team<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/20020805/329/0025 |title=Nicol at the double |work=The Scotsman |date=5 August 2002 |page=25 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=15 April 2026}}</ref> at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/bsp/statistics/events/squash_results.stm |title=Statistics |website=BBC Sport |access-date=15 April 2026}}</ref> He competed in the singles and doubles and won a gold medal, partnering Peter Nicol. Four years later at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, he partnering Peter Nicol again when they successfully defended their Commonwealth title.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/court.htm#SQUASH |title=Commonwealth Games medallists - Court and Table Sports |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=15 April 2026}}</ref>
Beachill won the British National Squash Championships three times – in 2001, 2002 and 2005 and won nine gold medals for the England men's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships from 1999 to 2008.<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>
Beachill announced his retirement from the game in February 2009<ref>{{cite news|title=Injury forces Beachill to retire |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/squash/7881102.stm|access-date=28 October 2011|department=BBC Sport}}</ref> after undergoing hernia surgery.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.squashplayer.co.uk/british_nationals_2008/|title=British Nationals 2008|accessdate=26 February 2015}}</ref>
== Major results == === World Open final appearances === {| class="sortable wikitable" !width="100"| Outcome !width="50"| Year !width="200"| Location !width="200"| Opponent in the final !width="200"| Score in the final |- | bgcolor="ffa07a"|Runner-up || 2004 || Doha, Qatar || {{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Lincou || 5–11, 11–2, 2–11, 12–10, 11–8 |}
== World Series final appearances == '''Qatar Classic''' {| class="sortable wikitable" !width="100"| Outcome !width="50"| Year !width="200"| Opponent in the final !width="200"| Score in the final |- | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner || 2003 || {{flagicon|SCO}} John White || 15–12, 15–5, 11–15, 12–15, 15–9 |}
'''US Open''' {| class="sortable wikitable" !width="100"| Outcome !width="50"| Year !width="200"| Opponent in the final !width="200"| Score in the final |- | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner || 2004 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Nicol || 11–8, 11–9, 11–9 |- | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner || 2005 || {{flagicon|AUS}} David Palmer || 11–7, 9–11, 8–11, 11–1, 11–8 |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051220071114/http://www.leebeachill.com/ |title=Lee Beachill Official Website}} * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917223319/http://www.psaworldtour.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,13121~211,00.html |title=Lee Beachill – PSA World Tour profile}} * {{Squash Info|2}} * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214224620/http://dev.squashinfo.com/player-2 |date=14 December 2006 |title=Profile at Squashinfo.com}} * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061103012331/http://www.squashpics.com/lee_beachill.htm |date=3 November 2006 |title=Page at Squashpics.com}} * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051206042732/http://www.squashtalk.com/profiles/lbeachillprof.htm |title=Article at Squashtalk.com (July 2000)}}
{{s-start}} {{s-sports}} {{succession box | | before = Peter Nicol|after=Thierry Lincou|title=World No. 1|years=October 2004 – December 2004 |}} {{s-end}}
{{Squash World Number Ones (men)}} {{World Series squash men's champions}}
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