Kanzy Emad El Defrawy ( ar, كنزي عماد أل دفرو; born May 5, 1994) is an Egyptian
squash
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Sports
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player and Guinness World Record adjuncator, who formerly played the sport professionally.
El Defrawy won her first
Women's Squash Association
The Women's Squash Association (WSA) was the governing body for the women's professional squash circuit between 2011 and 2014. It was based in London, England. The body operated in a similar fashion to the WTA for tennis. The WSA World Tour inv ...
Tour title at the NASH Cup in London, Ontario, Canada, in September 2014. In 2015, she won the Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Open and in 2016, won the Richmond Open, the Jordan Squash Federation Amman Open, the Play Squash Women's Open and the LiveStuff Open. During 2017, she has won the Delaware Women's Open and the Bahl and Gaynor Cincinnati Gaynor Cup.
El Defrawy started playing squash at seven years of age. She started to play internationally at 13, but had to undergo knee surgery aged 14 and had a difficult recovery from the surgery. She studied at
Trinity College Trinity College may refer to:
Australia
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in Connecticut. El Defrawy won the Dutch Junior Open five times, the Pioneer Junior Open four times, the French and German Junior Opens once each, and the African and Arab Cups. She also won the U-19 World Championships twice.
El Defrawy no longer plays squash professionally. She lives in
Dubai
Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...
, where she works in the events industry.
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1994 births
Living people
Egyptian female squash players
Sportspeople from Cairo
21st-century Egyptian women