Not only that, she was also the youngest female athlete to win the world title, beating 3 athletes ranked Top 20 in the global ranking list. Bagged Her First World Championship At A Ripe Age Of 15ĭavid’s biggest win during her early years was at Antwerp’s World Junior Championships, where she claimed her ‘World Junior Champion’ status at 15 years old.
Her two sisters, Lianne and Cheryl, also competed in squash at the national level. Both Her Siblings Are National Squash Players As Well She then continued taking regular lessons at the age of 8 and trained three times a week. Nicol first picked up the racket at age 5 in her hometown of George Town, Penang. She Practically Grew Up With A Racket In Hand Nicol was the only girl who could manage 25.” When we do court runs, girls usually do 19-20 laps, and exceptionally strong boys can do 24. One of her previous scouts, Ee Phoeh Hoon had this to say about her energy, “Even at that tender age, her strong point was her mental strength and ability to focus on the task at hand. She’s Otherwise Known As The Duracell Bunny Despite this however, she grew up speaking English and Malay. Here are 10 things that you might not know about our national hero.īorn in Penang, David is the daughter of a retired Malaysian Chinese school teacher of Hokkien Hakka descent and a Malaysian Indian engineer of Tamil origins. I’d like to thank everyone for supporting me and all your love in the last 20 years and it’s time for new and exciting opportunities to come.
I’m truly happy and excited to be sharing with everyone that I’m retiring in June. The 35-year-old is the most successful woman squash player of all time and spent an unprecedented nine years as world number one between 2006-2015. The eight-time world champion has announced that she will retiring in June, 2019, bringing her successful career to an end. A true legend to the game, Nicol Ann David is one of the most successful sports stars of our generation and has been breaking records after records during her career.
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