Amir Wagih Mohamed (امير وجية, born 21 August 1967) is a professional, top squash coach and former professional squash player. He represented Egypt at six
World Team Squash Championships
The WSF World Team Squash Championships are an international squash competition organised by the World Squash Federation (WSF) and played between teams representing different nations. Countries enter teams of three or four players to represent t ...
from 1989 to 1999. During the
1999 Men's World Team Squash Championships
The 1999 Men's Al-Ahram World Team Squash Championships were held in Egypt and took place from September 17 until September 22, 1999.
Seeds
Results
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Note*
Scotland were missing the world ...
Wagih helped Egypt win the title for the first time.
He's the current head coach of Squash on Fire which is based in Washington, DC. He's also the current head coach of
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...
men and women squash team. He was the former head coach of the
Egyptian squash team. Amir was also the former coach of the Kuwaiti national squash team from 2002 to 2006. Amir was the technical director of
A.A. Turki Group also known as ATCO international squash academy from 2009 to 2010. Amir had his own private academy in
Palm Hills, Egypt from 2010 to 2012 before he moved to the United States.
He plays with his right hand and plays with
Tecnifibre
Tecnifibre is a French manufacturer of sporting equipment, specializing in tennis and squash. It was founded in 1979 by the current CEO Thierry Maissant. Throughout its development, Tecnifibre has built itself a worldwide reputation in the tennis ...
. During his tenure Amir has acquired 23 World Titles as a coach including several Egyptian and Arab World Champions.
Experience
Head Coach of Squash on Fire and Georgetown University Squash, 2013–Present
Head Coach of Egyptian Squash Federation, 2006-2013
Head Coach of Kuwait Squash Federation, 2002-2006
Head Coach of Egyptian Squash Federation, 1994-2002
World Titles as Coach
World Champion Men Ind., Qatar, December 2012
World Runner-up Men Ind., Qatar, December 2012
World Champion Women's Team, France, November 2012
World Champion BU19 Team, Qatar, July 2012
World Champion GU19 Ind., Qatar, July 2012
World Champion BU19 Ind., Qatar, July 2012
World Junior Champion Ind. - Amr Khaled, Ecuador, 2010
World Junior Runner-Up Ind. - Ali Farag, Ecuador, 2010
World Junior Third Place Ind. - Marawan El Shourbaghy, Ecuador, 2010
World Junior Champion Team, Ecuador, 2010
World Men's Champion Ind. - Amr Shabana, Kuwait, 2009
World Men's Runner-up Ind. - Ramy Ashour, Kuwait, 2009
World Men's Champion Team, Denmark, 2009
World Men's Champion Ind. - Ramy Ashour, England, 2008
World Men's Runner-up Ind. - Karim Darwish, England, 2008
World Men's Champion Team, Bermuda, 2007
World Women's Champion Ind. - Raneem El Walily, Hong Kong, 2007
World Women's Champion Team, Hong Kong, 2007
World Men's Champion Ind. - Ramy Ashour, New Zealand, 2006
World Men's Runner-up Ind. - Omar Mosaad, New Zealand, 2006
World Men's Third Place Ind. - Tarek Moamen, New Zealand, 2006
World Men's Champion Team, New Zealand, 2006
References
External links
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1967 births
Living people
Egyptian male squash players
Squash coaches
Squash players from Cairo
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