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Carin Clonda is a former Australian and World ranked professional squash player. Clonda was born on 01 March, 1961 in Sydney to an Estonian mother and Romanian father. Aged 13 she started playing squash to combat asthma and two years later won the Australian Under-16 title. In 1978 she won the NSW and Australian Junior Women's Championships, In January 1979 she won and is still the only Australian to have won the British Junior Women's Open. A remarkable event from starting at the age of 13 years and winning the most sort after trophies of the time at only 17 years of age, from beginner to being the best Women's Junior player in the World, as at that time there was no World Championship for the Women's under 19, this did not commence till 1981 or 1983.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Clonda profile )〕 Remarkably she continued to compete on the important British circuit against the advice of doctors that the British weather conditions could prove fatal if she continued to play. Clonda carried a respiratory machine around with her and remained a leading player. Represented Australia in the 1983 Women's World Team Squash Championships and became a world team champion and reached the semi finals of the 1983 Women's World Open Squash Championship, hosted in Perth, Australia. She reached her highest world ranking at the age of 22 years in 1983, three years after health issues forced her from squash in her last year of juniors, and remained in the top 10 for a number of years. During 1983 the Women's Professional Squash Players Association (WISPA) was born, with Clonda being a founder member, she went on to lead the organization from 1985 - 1989. In 1989, Clonda underwent major lower back surgery, a spinal fusion, which could have seen her paralysed, but she come back in 1990 to compete in the 1990 World Women's Open in her home town of Sydney. Clonda was then plagued with health issues, Chronic Fatigue, Tumour, respiratory infections and life threatening Pneumonia's, ruptured lung amongst them. During the mid 1990's she pretty much retired from squash again, only to be become involved again when she agreed to become involved in the Sydney 2002 Gaygames, where she become the Squash event Manager, running the highly successful squash Event as well as winning the Silver in the Women's Open. In 2007 at the age of 47 she played in the Australian Closed and got to the quarter-finals after beating some of Australia's top 20 players half her age. In 2009 she underwent left and right hip replacements. After much rehabilitation, she continues to play squash. Overview of Clonda's career to date. Highest World Ranking 5 Highest Australian Ranking 2 Highest NSW Ranking 1 Highest World Ranking in 2000's 121 Chairwoman - Women’s International Squash Players Association (WISPA) 1983 WISPA - Foundation member 1985 – 1999 International Squash Racquets Federation, Women’s Committee 1978 Australian Women’s Junior Champion 1979 British Women’s Junior Champion 1975 – 1979 NSW Representative Junior Captain 1981 – 1986 Representative Captain 1977 – 1978 Australian Representative Junior 1983 – 1985 Australian Representative 1983 World Team Champion 1983 NSW Open Champion 1985/86 Australia Sports Commission National Athlete Award Scheme 1 1984 Sport Australia Award Outstanding Performance 1984 Australian Women’s Squash Team 1982 – 1983 NSW Women’s Squash Rackets Association - Committee member, Publicity Officer 1986 – 1989 NSW Selector 1986 – 1989 Australian Squash Racquets Association, Australia Selector 1986-1989 1980’s Media – Guest Squash Columnist Daily Mirror 2000 Sports Forum Coordinator for World Asthma Awareness day initiative by Institute of Respiratory Medicine RPA 2002 Gay Games VI squash working group coordinator/competition manager Recipient 2000 Australian Sports Medal for services to Squash, over 20 years 2000 Sydney Olympic Games Volunteer and workforce 2006 Australian Commonwealth Team - Official 2006 - 2009 NSW Squash Director, CEO Championship Director: 2007 – 2009 NSW Junior Championships, NSW Open, 2009 Australian Junior Championships, World Masters Games Squash Event Professional Squash Coaches Association of Australia Level 2 2009 Finalist NSW Sports Federation Masters Athlete of the Year ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carin Clonda」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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