| Joelle King | |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Residence: | Cambridge, New Zealand |
| Birth Date: | 1988 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Cambridge, New Zealand |
| Height: | 1.76m |
| Weight: | 71kg |
| Turnedpro: | 2004 |
| Retired: | Active |
| Plays: | Right-handed |
| Coach: | Glen Wilson, Hadrian Stiff |
| Racquet: | Head |
| Website: | www.joelleking.com |
| Event: | Women's singles |
| Highest Ranking: | No. 4 |
| Date Of Highest Ranking: | November 2022 |
| Current Ranking: | No. 4 |
| Date Of Current Ranking: | December 2022 |
| Titles: | 11 |
| Finals: | 20 |
| Updated: | 13 April 2022 |
Joelle King (born 30 September 1988) is a New Zealand professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in April 2014.[1]
King was born and raised in Cambridge, New Zealand. She is the youngest child in her family, having two older brothers. Of Māori descent, she affiliates to Ngāti Porou.[2]
In July 2009, King won the Australian Women's Open by beating Annie Au in the final played at Clare, South Australia.[3]
King won gold in women's doubles and silver medal in mixed doubles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[4] She also won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[5]
During the 2018 Commonwealth Games, King won the gold medal in the women's singles event for New Zealand.[6] On the other side, fellow New Zealand squash player, Paul Coll clinched a silver medal in the men's singles event.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]
King was the flagbearer for New Zealand at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 alongside Tom Walsh.[10]
In May 2023, she reached the semi final of the 2023 PSA Women's World Squash Championship, before losing to the number 2 seed Nour El Sherbini.[11]
On 28 December 2012, King married cricketer Ryan Shutte in Cambridge.[12] He put his cricket career on hold to become her manager.[13]