Shelley Kitchen

Shelley Celia Kitchen MNZM (born 2 December 1979, in Kaitaia, New Zealand) is a New Zealand professional squash player.^[1]

Shelley Kitchen

Kitchen in 2011
Country	New Zealand
Born	(1979-12-02) 2 December 1979 (age 44) Kaitaia, New Zealand
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Turned Pro	2000
Retired	2010
Coached by	Nick Taylor
Racquet used	Harrow
Women's singles
Highest ranking	6 (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
Last updated: 12 April 2022.

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.^[2] She also won a Silver Medal in the women's doubles, partnering Tamsyn Leevey.^[3] 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.^[4] In the 2011 New Year Honours, Kitchen was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to sport.^[5]