Rainer Ratinac
Encyclopedia
Rainer Michael Ratinac is a former squash
player from Australia
. He was one of the leading players on the North American hardball squash
circuit in the 1970s.
Ratinac was the runner-up at the US Open squash championship in 1974.
After retiring Ratinac became a Baptist minister, working as a sports chaplain
.
Squash (sport)
Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
player from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. He was one of the leading players on the North American hardball squash
Hardball squash
Hardball squash is a format of the indoor racquet sport squash which was first developed in North America in the late 19h century and early 20th century. It is sometimes referred to as being the "American version" of the sport...
circuit in the 1970s.
Ratinac was the runner-up at the US Open squash championship in 1974.
After retiring Ratinac became a Baptist minister, working as a sports chaplain
Chaplain
Traditionally, a chaplain is a minister in a specialized setting such as a priest, pastor, rabbi, or imam or lay representative of a religion attached to a secular institution such as a hospital, prison, military unit, police department, university, or private chapel...
.