# Rainer Ratinac

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{{short description|Australian squash player}}
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'''Rainer Michael Ratinac''' is an Australian former [squash](/source/squash_(sport)). He was one of the leading players on the North American [hardball squash](/source/hardball_squash) circuit in the 1970s.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

Ratinac was the runner-up at the [US Open squash championship](/source/US_Open_(squash)) in 1974.<ref name="usopen1">{{cite web|url=http://www.usopen-squash.com/champs.php|title=Men's U.S. Open Squash Champions |work=US Open Squash Championship|publisher=US Squash|accessdate=22 March 2010}}</ref>

After retiring Ratinac became a [Baptist](/source/Baptists) minister, working as a sports [chaplain](/source/chaplain).<ref name="christiantoday1">{{cite news|url=http://au.christiantoday.com/article/rugby-league-christians-enjoy-a-wider-history/6977.htm|title=Rugby League Christians enjoy a wider history |last=Dorrington|first=Kate|author2=Tronson, Mark |date=11 September 2009|publisher=Christian Today Australia|accessdate=22 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="act1">{{cite web|url=http://www.actheology.edu.au/general%20files/Graduates%20master%20list%20publication.pdf|title=ACT Graduation|publisher=Australian College of Theology|accessdate=22 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="sca1">{{cite web|url=http://www.sportschaplaincy.com.au/download/articles/Evangelicalism%20Sport%20and%20the%20Olympic%20Games.pdf|title=EVANGELICALISM, SPORT AND THE AUSTRALIAN OLYMPICS|last=Tyndall|first=David Bruce |date=August 2004|publisher=Sports Chaplaincy Australia |accessdate=22 March 2010}}</ref>

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