Career
As a professional player, he broke into the world"s top-20 in 1991, and the top-10 in 1995. He was then diagnosed with testicular cancer in December 1995, and underwent surgery in January 1996, followed by treatment which included chemotherapy. He returned to the professional squash circuit just four months after his surgery.
Parke reached a career-high world ranking of World Number.
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Parke currently teaches at Leeds University, predominately teaching the "improvers" squad who have shown considerable promise of late.