Mark Chaloner

{{Short description|English squash player (born 1972)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox squash player | headercolor = | name = Mark Chaloner | image = | image_size =  | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|5|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = Nocton, Lincolnshire, England | death_date = | death_place = | event = Men's singles | highest_ranking = No. 7 | date_of_highest_ranking = September 2001 | titles = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's squash }} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }} {{MedalGold | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | Doubles }} {{MedalBronze | 2002 Manchester | Doubles }} {{MedalCompetition | European Team Championships}} {{MedalGold | 1996 Amsterdam | Team}} {{MedalGold | 1998 Helsinki | Team}} {{MedalGold | 2000 Vienna | Team}} {{MedalGold | 2001 Eindhoven | Team}} {{MedalGold | 2002 Böblingen | Team}} {{MedalGold | 2003 Nottingham | Team}} }}

'''Mark Anthony Chaloner''' (born 23 May 1972) is a male retired professional squash player from England. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 7 in 2001 and won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.

== Biography == Chaloner was a member of the England team which won the World Team Squash Championships in 1995 and won a gold medal for England in the men's doubles at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, (partnering Paul Johnson).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/52019|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

Chaloner won six gold medals for the England men's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships from 1996 to 2003.<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>

Chaloner won another medal at the Commonwealth Games, after winning a bronze in the men's doubles with Paul Johnson<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> for the 2002 England team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/bsp/statistics/events/squash_results.stm |title=Statistics |website=BBC |access-date=15 April 2026}}</ref>

He was elected President of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) in 2002.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.squashsite.co.uk/mark_chaloner.htm SquashSite article on Chaloner's retirement] * {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130216171625/http://www.psaworldtour.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,13121~59,00.html |title=Mark Chaloner – PSA World Tour profile}} * {{Squash Info|19}} * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117161523/http://www.squashpics.com/mark_chaloner.htm |title=Page at Squashpics.com}}

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