Raphael Kandra (born October 29, 1990) is a professional Squash player from

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Career

Raphael Kandra reached a career-high world ranking of 13 in March 2019, after reaching the semi-final of the 2018

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- the first German to achieve this - and the quarter-final of the China Squash Open. He won his first German National Championships title in 2018 against

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; he reached the final for the first time in 2013. He has represented the German national team on numerous

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and World Team Championships. He won a bronze medal at the European Individual Championships in 2017.

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* * * 1990 births Living people German male squash players Competitors at the 2013 World Games Competitors at the 2017 World Games Competitors at the 2022 World Games Sportspeople from Fürth 21st-century German people {{Germany-squash-bio-stub