Daniel Poleshchuk

Daniel Poleshchuk is an Israeli professional squash player who represents Israel. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 66 in December 2023.

Early and personal life

Poleshchuk was born in and now lives in Ramat Gan, Israel. He is Jewish. At the age of 13, he moved to England, to study on scholarship in Millfield School where he was coached by Jonah Barrington and Ian Thomas for five years.

Squash career

Poleshchuk won a gold medal in Men's Open Squash at the 2013 Maccabiah Games, 2017 Maccabiah Games, and the 2022 Maccabiah Games. Also, he is a six-time Israeli Men's National Champion.
In February 2015 at the age of 19, Poleshchuk won his first Professional Squash Association title, which made him the first Israeli squash player in history to achieve that. Later on that year, he won his second PSA title in London, England.