Phil Kenyon
Appearance
Country | ![]() |
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Born | Blackpool, England | 7 May 1956
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Highest ranking | No. 4 (February 1987) |
Medal record |
Philip Kenyon (born 7 May 1956) is a former English professional squash player.
Biography
[edit]Born in Blackpool, he became the English number one in 1982 and was still the England number 1 at the end of the 1985/86 season.[1] Kenyon was part of the British team with Jonathan Leslie, Peter Verow and Andrew Dwyer that won the 1979 Men's World Team Squash Championships in Brisbane, Australia.[2]
He also represented England at the 1981, 1983 & 1985 World Team Squash Championships.[3]
Kenyon won four gold medals for the England men's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships in 1976, 1978, 1979 and 1982.[4][5]
Kenyon was four-times British national champion in 1977, 1981, 1983 and 1985.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Halpin, Larry (1986). The Squash Rackets Association Annual 1986-87. SRA Francis House. pp. 25–31. ISBN 0-900698-098.
- ^ "Phil's finale". Daily Express. 29 October 1979. Retrieved 27 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Palmer, Michael (1984). Guinness Book of Squash. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-270-1.
- ^ "European Team Squash Championships". InterSportStats. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ "Men's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events)". Squash Info. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ "History - British National Squash Champions 1974-2021". British National Squash Championships. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
External links
[edit]- Phil Kenyon at SquashInfo.com