Joseph Kneipp
| Country |  Australia |
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| Residence | Amsterdam | ||||||||||||
| Born | 27 September 1973 Brisbane |
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| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||
| Turned Pro | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Retired | 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-Handed | ||||||||||||
| Coached by | Daniel Kneipp | ||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 10 (January 2004) | ||||||||||||
| World Open | SF (2003) | ||||||||||||
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| Last updated on: 20 December 2011. | |||||||||||||
Joseph ("Joe") Kneipp (born 27 September 1973 in Brisbane, Queensland) is a professional squash player from Australia.
Kneipp was born in Brisbane and grew up near Cairns. He began playing squash at the age of seven. As a junior, he won the Australian under-13 squash championship title. At the age of 14, he attended the Australian Institute of Sport for a year. He captained the Australian team which won the world junior team title in 1992.
Kneipp joined the professional circuit in 1994. His career-high world ranking to date is World No. 10 in January 2004. That year, he finished runner-up to Thierry Lincou in the Super Series Finals.
Kneipp won a Gold Medal in the mixed doubles at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, partnering Natalie Grinham. He also won the mixed doubles title at the 2006 World Doubles Squash Championships, partnering Rachael Grinham.
Since 2002, Joe has been coached by his brother Daniel Kneipp. Joe and Dan write a regular column called Team Kneipp at the website Squash Talk.
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- Sportsmen from Queensland
- Squash players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Sportspeople from Brisbane
