Sivasangari Subramaniam (born 24 January 1999, in Sungai Petani) is a Malaysian professional squash player. As of May 2022, she was ranked number 20

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. She became the 2018 British Junior Open Champion by defeating

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Personal life

Sivasangari was born in Sungai Petani, Kedah to Valli Nagappan and Subramaniam Kaniappan. She started playing squash at the age of eight. She is a former student of SMK Sultanah Asma and obtained her

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from Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar. She is currently studying Bachelor of Science (Mass Communications/ Media Studies) at

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. On 26 June 2022, she involved in a car accident along the Maju Expressway. She sustained severe injuries to her head and was rushed to the

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for treatment. Due to the injury, she had to pull out from competing in the

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Career

In 2011, she was nominated as MSSM (National Schools Sports Council) 2011 Promising Sportsgirl of the Year. On July 8, 2018, she became youngest women National Champion by defeating Low Wee Wern in final Ohana 34th National Squash Championships. On March 6, 2022, she won College Squash Association (CSA) National Collegiate Individual Championships to clinch her first individual title for

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1999 births Living people Malaysian female squash players Squash players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Malaysia Asian Games medalists in squash Squash players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Malaysia Southeast Asian Games medalists in squash Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games 21st-century Malaysian women {{Malaysia-sport-bio-stub

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