Omneya Abdel Kawy ( ar, أمنية عبد القوي; born 15 August 1985, in

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) is a former professional squash player from Egypt.

Career

Omneya crowned a successful junior career in 2003 in her home city of Cairo when she became the first Egyptian woman to win a world junior title having won the 2003 World Junior Championship; she had previously been the runner up to

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in 1999 and 2001. Such was already competing on the WISPA Tour during her mid teens. She reached number seven in the world rankings early in 2005 and achieved match ball against world number one

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in the final of the Hurghada International in her home country, though she eventually lost the match. She also reached another two finals, in the Harrow, Greenwich Open and the Dayton Open, both in the

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, and finished as a runner up. Omneya then won the Marsh McLennan title by beating

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. 2006 saw Omneya avenge the Hurghada International loss the previous year when she turned the tables in a pulsating final to win the event in front of her home supporters. In 2007, she won the Dayton Open by beating

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of New Zealand with a score of 9–5, 9–5, 3–9 and 9–5. She became the first Egyptian woman to break into the world top 4 and was the first Egyptian woman to reach a world individual final at the 2010 Women's World Open Squash Championship. In 2012, she was part of the team that regained the world team title after winning a gold medal at the

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. In 2014, she was part of the Egyptian team that won the bronze medal at the

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. In 2016, she won her third world team title as part of the Egyptian team that won the gold medal at the

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. In 2018, she announced her retirement from squash.

World Open

Finals: 1 (0 title, 1 runner-up)

Major
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final appearances

Hong Kong Open: 1 final (0 title, 1 runner-up)

External links

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdel Kawy, Omneya Egyptian female squash players 1985 births Living people World Games bronze medalists Competitors at the 2005 World Games Competitors at the 2009 World Games African Games gold medalists for Egypt African Games medalists in squash Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games 21st-century Egyptian women