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David Troy Palmer OAM (born 28 June 1976 in Lithgow, New South Wales) is an Australian retired professional squash player. He won the Super Series finals in 2002, the World Open in 2002 and 2006; the British Open in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2008; and the Australian Open in 2008. [1]
Palmer competed on the Professional Squash Association (PSA) tour from 1997-2011, twice reaching a number one world ranking (2001-02, 2006). During his pro career, he won the PSA Super Series finals in 2002, reached 53 PSA World Tour finals and came away with the title on 27 occasions.
It was a lesson in controlled and fluent movement with power and speed built layer by layer on top. This epitomised, to me, David’s work ethics and techniques he used to become the best player in the world.
David Palmer has been Australia’s top squash player for most of this millennium. Palmer topped the world rankings for the first time in September 2001, two months after becoming the first Australian for twenty years to win the British Open title.
Palmer has served as president of the Professional Squash Association (PSA). Following his retirement as a professional squash player in 2011, Palmer maintained his status as a successful, high-level coach at his David Palmer Squash Academy in Orlando, Florida.
May 22, 2020 · Renowned squash star David Palmer of Australia gave some insights on coaching in a webinar. Palmer also spoke highly of a few Indian squash players, including Saurav Ghosal.
Australia’s Commonwealth Games most acclaimed squash player 42 years ’young’ David Palmer, has been inducted into the Commonwealth Games NSW Division Hall of Fame. Palmer’s induction into the Hall of Fame was a quiet affair, done behind the scenes, during the 2018 Games on the….
