Shelley Kitchen

Shelley Kitchen
Kitchen in 2011
Personal information
Born (1979-12-02) 2 December 1979
Kaitaia, New Zealand
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Sport
Country New Zealand
Turned pro2000
Coached byNick Taylor
Retired2010
Racquet usedHarrow
Women's singles
Highest ranking6 (September 2008)
Medal record
Women's squash
Representing  New Zealand
World Team Championships
1998 Stuttgart Team
2000 Sheffield Team
2002 Odense Team
2004 Amsterdam Team
World Doubles Championships
2006 Melbourne Doubles
2004 Chennai Mixed doubles
Commonwealth Games
2006 Melbourne Doubles
2006 Melbourne Singles
Updated on 12 April 2022

Shelley Celia Kitchen MNZM (born 2 December 1979, in Kaitaia, New Zealand) is a New Zealand professional squash player.

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Kitchen beat World No. 1 Nicol David of Malaysia in the third-place match to capture the women's singles bronze medal. She also won a silver medal in the women's doubles, partnering Tamsyn Leevey. Earlier in the year, Kitchen and Leevey won the women's doubles title at the World Doubles Squash Championships. In 2004, Kitchen finished runner-up in the mixed doubles at the World Doubles Squash Championships, partnering Glen Wilson.

Kitchen had her first child in February 2010. After getting sick in an attempt to come back for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she announced her retirement in December 2010. In the 2011 New Year Honours, Kitchen was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to sport.