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Squash is a popular sport in Egypt.
As of 2018, Egypt was a squash superpower. It has been producing top players since the 1930s, and it is believed that former president Hosni Mubarak, a keen player himself, gave it a major boost in the 1990s. It has also been said that the current success is the result of an investment in the sport of Egyptian society as a whole.
Egyptian Squash Federation
Egyptian Squash Federation
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Squash is a popular sport in Egypt.
As of 2018, Egypt was a squash superpower. It has been producing top players since the 1930s, and it is believed that former president Hosni Mubarak, a keen player himself, gave it a major boost in the 1990s. It has also been said that the current success is the result of an investment in the sport of Egyptian society as a whole.
Professional competitions
Many professional squash competitions take place in Egypt each year.PSA World Tour
Egyptian events in thePSA World Tour Sports competitions that are a recurring series of events or races, but do not constitute a sports league.
Series
Sports
Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ...
calendar include the El Gouna International (PSA150) and the Alexandria International
The Alexandria International is a women's squash tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt in June. It is part of the Women's PSA World Series, the highest level of women's professional squash competition.
Past results
See also
* Squash in Egypt
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tournaments.
Top players
As of April 2018, Egypt boasted 5 out of the top 10 male players in the world and 5 out of the top 10 female players in the world. The El Shorbagy brothers had been particularly successful, with Mohamed and Marwan being the world numbers 2 and 6 respectively.World number ones
Egypt has produced the following world number ones: * Men: ** Amr Shabana ** Karim Darwish **Ramy Ashour
Ramy Mohamed Ashour (born September 30, 1987, in Cairo, Egypt), known as Ramy Ashour (), is a retired professional squash player from Egypt, widely regarded as one of the best squash players in the history of the sport. He became the youngest pla ...
** Mohamed El Shorbagy
Mohamed ElShorbagy ( ar, محمد الشوربجي, born 12 January 1991 in Alexandria) is an Egyptian-English professional squash player. He represented Egypt from a young age until June 2022, and is currently representing England. He reached ...
** Karim Abdel Gawad
Karim Abdel Gawad (born July 30, 1991, in Alexandria) is a professional squash player who has represented Egypt. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 1 in May 2017.
In November 2016, he won the 2016 World Open Squash Championshi ...
** Ali Farag
* Women:
** Raneem El Weleily
Raneem Mohamed Yasser Saad El Din El Welily ( ar, رنيم محمد ياسر سعد الدين الوليلي; born 1 January 1989, in Alexandria, Egypt) is a former professional squash player from Egypt. She has reached a career-high world ranki ...
** Nour El Sherbini
Nour El Sherbini ( ar, نور الشربيني; born 1 November 1995) is an Egyptian professional squash player. She is a six time World champion and became the youngest woman to win the Women's World Championship (2015). In 2016, she retained h ...
** Nouran Gohar
Highest ranked players
As of August 2022, the highest ranked Egyptian squash players were: * Men: ** Ali Farag (1) ** Mostafa Asal (3) ** Tarek Momen (6) ** Mazen Hesham (8) **Marwan Elshorbagy
Marwan El Shorbagy (born July 30, 1993, in Alexandria) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 3 in May 2018. He won the World Juniors in 2011 & 2012 and became the third player i ...
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* Women:
** Nouran Gohar (1)
** Nour El Sherbini
Nour El Sherbini ( ar, نور الشربيني; born 1 November 1995) is an Egyptian professional squash player. She is a six time World champion and became the youngest woman to win the Women's World Championship (2015). In 2016, she retained h ...
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** Hania El Hammamy (3)
** Rowan Elaraby
Rowan Reda Araby or Rowan Elaraby (born 29 July 2000 in Alexandria) is an Egyptian professional squash player. As of April 2022, she was ranked number 8 in the world.
Araby won the 2022 Carol Weimoller Women's Squash Championship, after defeating ...
(7)
** Salma Hany
Salma Hany Ibrahim Ahmed ( ar, سلمى هاني إبراهيم أحمد; born August 5, 1996, in Egypt) is an Egyptian professional squash
Squash may refer to:
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National teams
Egypt has national men's andwomen's
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teams, that represent the country in international competitions.
Governance
Squash in Egypt is governed by theEgyptian Squash Association
The Egyptian Squash Federation is recognised as the Egyptian national governing body for the sport of Squash (sport), squash.
The federation is responsible for the following tasks:
* Decide public policies that lead to the deployment of squash i ...
.
See also
*Sport in Egypt
The culture of Egypt has thousands of years of recorded history. Ancient Egypt was among the earliest civilizations in the world. For millennia, Egypt developed strikingly unique, complex and stable cultures that influenced other cultures of Euro ...
References
External links
Egyptian Squash Federation
Egyptian Squash Federation
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