| Peter Wright | |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Citizenship: | Australian |
| Birth Date: | 11 March 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Sunshine, Victoria, Australia |
| Residence: | Docklands, Victoria |
| Occupation: | sports administrator |
| Life Partner: | Irene Taylor |
| Module: | Squash |
| Club: | Melbourne Cricket Club |
| Team: | Squash Team |
| Retired: | 30 December 2012 |
| Worlds: | World Masters Champion (3 times) World Masters Runner up – (4 times) |
| Nationals: | Australian Champion New Zealand Champion Victorian Champion |
Peter David William Wright (born 11 March 1943) is an Australian born Squash Champion and sports administrator/entrepreneur.[1]
Wright won the World Masters Squash Championships three times.[2] [3] In addition, he has been Australian, New Zealand and Victorian Masters Squash Champion.[4] [3]
Described as an “outstanding administrator",[5] he was Tournament Director for the 1995 and 2001 World Masters Squash Championships held in Melbourne, and, inter alia, for the Australian Masters Squash Association and the Victorian Masters Squash Association.[3]
Wright was born in Sunshine, Victoria in the middle of World War II. His father, David Stanley Wright was a munitions worker and his mother was Lorna Edna Wright (nee Martin).[1] His life time sports career began in his home suburb of Sunshine where he played in many junior competitive sports.[4] At 15 he joined the Sunshine Park Tennis Club and sometime before 1962 the Sunshine Squash Club. Wright suffered “terribly” from asthma as a youngster, but his asthma went away when he began playing squash.[6]
Kerville states that Wright has always believed deeply in the benefits of sport for every human being. Wright further believes that all persons, including lower grades and "oldies", particularly benefit from the competitive and social side of squash and any kind of sport.[6]
Peter Wright has been three times World Masters Squash Champion. His victories were in 1985 in Toronto, Canada, in 1993 in the over 50s division in Edinburgh, Scotland, and in 1999 in the over 55 division Sheffield, England.[3] He was runner-up in 1989 in Arhus in Denmark, in 1994 in Brisbane, Australia, in 1995 and 2001 in Melbourne, Australia.[3]
Notwithstanding his outstanding sporting achievements Peter Wright is far better known for his organising and administrative flair and ability. Authoritatively described as “highly regarded throughout world squash as an outstanding sporting administrator”.[3]
For 34 years (1986–2020) he has been –
He has engaged in many other significant administrative roles for which he received