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Joel Makin (, born 27 October 1994) is a Welsh professional squash player.




Career


Makin was born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. He played squash at Aberdare Junior Squash Club under coaches Bob Gould, Clive Roberts and Dave Cope, and represented Wales at Under-13s level in 2007. He left Aberdare at 18 and, forgoing university, trained at West Warwickshire Club under the guidance of Rob Owen until parting ways to become independent.
He won the Kent Open in 2017, beating Joshua Masters in straight sets, and the Tring Open in 2018. He reached the semifinals of the men’s singles squash competition at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, losing out to Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan in the bronze medal match. Makin qualified for the 2018 British Open Squash Championships where he lost in the first round to Mohamed Abouelghar. He beat the world number one, Mohamed El Shorbagy, to reach the quarterfinals of the Channel VAS Championships in October 2018. In February 2022, he was ranked number 8 in the World and 1 in Wales.
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Makin was selected to represent Wales, and won a silver medal in the Men's Singles.
In 2024, Makin won his second British National Squash Championships, the first being achieved in 2021.




PSA titles


Makin has won 4 PSA titles:

2015 City of Greater Bendigo International (PSA5)
2017 Kent Open (PSA10)
2018 Tring Open (PSA15)
2022 Manchester Open
Silicon Valley Open 2024 PSA Gold




References






External links


Joel Makin at the Professional Squash Association (archive)
Joel Makin at Squash Info
Joel Makin at Team Wales
Joel Makin at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
Joel Makin at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

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