Delia Arnold (born 26 January 1986, in

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) is a former professional

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player who represented Malaysia. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 12.

Career

Arnold, coached by Ahmed Malik and Peter Genever began playing on the PSA tour in 2003 and reached 48th spot in the world rankings by February 2006. More than ten months later, she moved up at the 34th spot. In 2010, she was part of the Malaysian team that won the bronze medal at the

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. Two years later in 2012, she was again part of the Malaysian team that won the bronze medal at the

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. In 2014, she was part of the Malaysian team that won the silver medal at the

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. In May 2015 she defeated world No.3 Alison Waters from England, world No.11

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from Hong Kong and world No.3

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from Egypt in the

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where she was eventually defeated by current world No.3 Camille Serme from France in the semi final. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 12 in September 2015 after beating World Number 2, El Weleily in the quarter finals of the British Open. In 2017, she announced her immediate retirement from squash.

Personal life

She married badminton international Robert Lin Woon Fui.

WISPA Titles

All Results for Delia Arnold in WISPA World's Tour tournamentWomen's International Squash Players Association
. Wispa.net. Retrieved on 7 June 2011.

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arnold, Delia 1986 births Living people Malaysian female squash players Sportspeople from Kuala Lumpur Malaysian people of Chinese descent Commonwealth Games competitors for Malaysia Squash players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Asian Games medalists in squash Asian Games gold medalists for Malaysia Squash players at the 2010 Asian Games Squash players at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games 20th-century Malaysian women 21st-century Malaysian women