Chris Dittmar (born 16 January 1964, in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian sports commentator who was formerly the World No. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. 1-ranked men's squash player. Squash is a racquet sport that was formerly called squash racquets, a reference to the "squashable" soft ball used in the game (compared with the
Dittmar is widely-considered to be the "best player never to have won" one of squash's two biggest titles. He finished runner-up at the World Open five times – in 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1992 – and was runner-up at the British Open twice – in 1985 and 1993. The World Open is a squash event which serves as the individual world championship for squash players The British Open Squash Championships is one of the oldest and most established tournaments in the game of squash.
Dittmar was perhaps unlucky to have been around during the same era as two great Pakistani players – Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Jahangir Khan, HI (born December 10 1963, in Karachi, Pakistan) (sometimes Jansher Khan (born 15 June 1969, in Peshawar, Pakistan) is a former World No Dittmar provided probably the most consistent challenge of any player to the dominance of these two greats during the 1980s and early-1990s, but never quite managed to break their iron grip on the game. In all seven of the World Open and British Open finals he played in, Dittmar lost to one of the two Khans. There were several occasions in his career when Dittmar managed to beat one of the Khans in a semi-final round, only to lose to the other in the final. Dittmar won what is remembered as a one of the sport's classic matches against Jahangir Khan in the semi-finals of the 1989 World Open in Kuala Lumpur, taking the fifth set 15-13. Kuala Lumpur (ˈkwɑːləlʊmˈpʊər Malay /kwɑlɑlʊmpʊ/ and locally /kwɑləlʊmpɔ/ or even /kɔlɔmpɔ/ or often abbreviated as K The following day in the final, he took a two set lead against Jansher, but tired as the long match wore on and eventually lost in five sets.
Dittmar has claimed that the proudest moment of his career came in captaining the Australian team to victory in World Team Squash Championships in 1989. The World Team Squash Championships are an international squash competition played between teams representing different nations Australia beat Pakistan 3-0 in the final, with Dittmar contributing a win over Jahangir Khan. Two years later in 1991, Dittmar captained the Australian team which successfully defended the title.
Prior to turning professional, Dittmar was runner-up at the World Junior Championships in both 1980 and 1982, and won the British Open Junior Championship in 1981.
Dittmar won several professional titles, including three Australian Opens, three Canadian Opens, three European Opens, three New Zealand Opens, and two South African Opens. His consistency helped him briefly capture the World No. 1 ranking shortly before he retired as a player in 1993. He was ranked No. 2 and No. 3 for much longer periods.
Dittmar was known for being very forthright in expressing his views as a player during his career, and represented his fellow players as President of the International Squash Players Association for several years.
Since retiring as player, Dittmar has worked as a sports commentator for Australia's Channel Seven and as an Australian Football League commentator for Adelaide AM Radio station FIVEaa. The Seven Network is an Australian television network, owned by the Seven Media Group. The Australian Football League (AFL is both the professional Australian national competition in the Sport of Australian Rules Football and its highest 5AA (identified in print as FIVEaa) is Adelaide 's only commercial talkback Radio station owned by DMG Radio Australia. He also regularly hosts the FIVEaa soccer show on Sunday evenings. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered
Dittmar served as Patron of Squash Australia from 2002 to 2005. He was inducted into the Squash Australia Hall of Fame in 2005.
Chris comes from a well-known sports family in Adelaide. His father played Australian rules football for Port Adelaide Football Club. Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players Port Adelaide Football Club, often referred to as simply Port or the Power is an Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia His uncle Wally also played for Port Adelaide and represented South Australia in State of Origin Football. And his uncle Len was crowned the Australian welterweight boxing champion in the 1950s. Welterweight is a Weight class division in combat sports Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in Boxing, but other combat sports like Kickboxing Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight,
Chris attended St Michael's College, Adelaide. St Michael's College is a Lasallian Catholic school in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia.