Joelle King


Joelle King is a professional squash player who represents New Zealand. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in April 2014.

Early life

King was born and raised in Cambridge, New Zealand. She is the youngest child in her family, having two older brothers. She is Maori, of Ngāti Porou descent.

Career Overview

In July 2009, King won the Australian Women's Open by beating Annie Au in the final played at Clare, South Australia.
King won one gold and one silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. She also won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
During the 2018 Commonwealth Games, King won the gold medal in the women's singles event for New Zealand. On the other side, fellow New Zealand squash player, Paul Coll clinched a silver medal in the men's singles event. This was also the first instance where a male and a female squash player from New Zealand had managed to qualify in the final of the respective events at a Commonwealth Games event.
She won her first platinum event on the WSA tour at the 2018 Hong Kong Squash Open beating Raneem El Weleily 3–0 in the final.

Personal life

On December 28, 2012, Joelle married Ryan Shuttle in her native Cambridge.