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==Early life== Martin was born on 29 April 1967 in Sydney, as the fourth of six children.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.squash.org.au/w/hall-of-fame-members|title=Hall of fame members|publisher=[[Squash Australia]] |access-date=30 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="smh1994">{{cite news |title=There's no time for losing in Martin's place |first=Peter |last=FitzSimons |authorlink=Peter FitzSimons |date=14 November 1994 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |page=43 |url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news941114_0090_9785 |access-date=4 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128161506/http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news941114_0090_9785|archive-date=28 November 2016}}</ref> Her older brothers [[Brett Martin (squash player)|Brett]] and [[Rodney Martin (squash player)|Rodney]] also went on to be top professional players.<ref name="sahof">{{cite web |url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/michelle-martin/|title=Michelle Martin |publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame |access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref> Her parents, who had built the [[Engadine, New South Wales|Engadine]] Squash Centre below their family home, introduced her to the game when she was three years old.<ref name="smh1994" /><ref name="sportsillustrated">{{cite magazine |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1996/12/09/aussie-rules-for-three-years-sydneys-michelle-martin-has-been-the-queen-of-the-court|title=Aussie Rules: For three years Sydney's Michelle Martin has been the queen of the court |last=Berry |first=Eliot |date=9 December 1996 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=30 August 2022}}</ref> She would often play squash with her family after school, and at the age of eight, she came second in the state under-13s championship.<ref name="smh1994" /> She moved with her family to Brisbane in 1980, and attended [[Everton Park State High School]].<ref name="smh1994" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://evertonparkshs.eq.edu.au/wcmss/index.php/School-History.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520145830/http://evertonparkshs.eq.edu.au/wcmss/index.php/School-History.html |archivedate=20 May 2009 |title=School History |publisher=Everton Park State High School |access-date=4 November 2013}}</ref>
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