Grégory Gaultier

Grégory Gaultier (born 23 December 1982, in Épinal) is a professional squash player from France. He won the British Open in 2007, and finished runner-up at the World Open in 2006, 2007 and 2011.

Greg is affectionately known to his friends as Rubbery Gaultier.

At the 2007 British Open, Gaultier defeated his fellow Frenchman Thierry Lincou in the final 11–4, 10–11 (0–2), 11–6, 11–3.

At the 2006 World Open, Gaultier defeated World No. 1 and defending-champion Amr Shabana in the semi-finals, before losing in five games in the final to David Palmer 11–9, 11–9, 9–11, 10–11 (4–6), 2–11. In 2007, Gaultier again reached the World Open final, losing 7–11, 4–11, 6–11 to Shabana.

In 2003, Gaultier was a member of the French team which finished runners-up to Australia at the World Team Squash Championships. In the semi-finals against England, Gaultier won the deciding match against Lee Beachill which took France through to the final.

At the 2009 Tournament of Champions, Gaultier defeated the world No.1 Karim Darwish in the semifinal, and beat Nick Matthew in the final with a score 11–9, (2–11), 11–8, 11–4. He is the only Frenchman to have won the title.

In 2009 he became the second French player to become world no 1. Gaultier has since reached the semi-finals of the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions, and later won the Case Swedish Open after dispatching Karim Darwish in the finals.

Despite all these achievements, Greg has never been an Olympian; share his Olympic Dream now on fb.com/BackTheBid2020 or on Twitter via the #BackTheBid2020 hashtag.

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