The World Youth Chess Championship is a FIDE-organized worldwide chess competition for boys and girls under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015, the event has been split into "World Cadets Chess Championship" and "World Youth Chess Championship".
Joshna Chinappa is an Indian professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of #10 in 2016. She was the first Indian to win the British Junior Open in 2005.
Datuk Nicol Ann David is a Malaysian retired professional squash player. She was the world number one for a record-breaking 108 consecutive months, ceding the ranking in September 2015 to Raneem El Weleily. She has won the World Open title a record 8 times in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014, as well as the British Open title in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014. In July 2016, she reached her 151st successive month in the top 10, breaking the record in both men's and women's category. She surpassed Peter Nicol's records of 150 months. David is the first squash player to have won the World Junior title twice; in 1999 and 2001 under Richard Glanfield.
Amr Shabana is a former professional squash player from Egypt. He won the World Open in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009, and reached the World No. 1 ranking in 2006.
Rachael Margaret Grinham is an Australian former professional squash player. She won the World Open in 2007, and the British Open in 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2009. She reached the World No. 1 ranking in August 2004 and held it for 16 consecutive months.
James Willstrop is an English professional squash player from Yorkshire and formerly the highest ranked player in the world.
Ong Beng Hee is a Malaysian former professional squash player and coach. Between 2000 and 2006, he won four consecutive Asian Championship titles. In 2002 and 2006 he won gold medals at the Asian Games. He won 11 Professional Squash Association (PSA) Tour titles out of 19 final appearances, and earned a world ranking of No. 7, a career-best. This record has made him Malaysia's most successful male squash player in history.
Sharif Khan is a Pakistani-Canadian retired professional squash player. He is widely considered to be one of the all-time great players of hardball squash. He was the dominant player on the hardball squash circuit throughout the 1970s. Sharif was born in Pakistan, and is the son of the legendary squash player Hashim Khan, who dominated the international squash scene in the 1950s.
Ramy Mohamed Ashour, known as Ramy Ashour, is a retired professional squash player from Egypt. He was one of the world's best squash players in the late 2000s and early 2010s, having won three World titles in 2008, 2012 and 2014. He became the youngest player to reach number one in the world since the 1980s, as well as the first ever two-time World Junior Squash Champion.
Nour El Sherbini is an Egyptian professional squash player. She is currently ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Squash Association (WSA), having held the position for a total of 43 weeks. Nour, the only player representing Egypt in the list of most winner in all time of PSA Women's World Championship. And The Most Egyptian Player to win a Major series title, has won the British Open four times and the US Open once. Nour has won 40 titles, including the PSA Finals Twice.
The Kuala Lumpur Open Squash Championships is an annual squash tournament held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The tournament is sponsored by CIMB.
The United States Junior Open Squash Championship is the largest individual junior squash tournament in the world and is considered the third most prestigious junior open squash championship after the World Junior and the British Junior Open squash championship. It is just one of just five Tier 2 events used in the WSF World Junior Squash Circuit.
Campbell Grayson is a New Zealand retired professional squash player. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 24 in February 2020.
French Junior Open squash championship is considered one of the most prestigious junior open squash championships in Europe and in the world. The tournament hosts nearly 300 players representing between 20 and 25 countries every year. The tournament is organized by the European Squash Federation and the French Squash Federation.
Hong Kong Junior Open squash championship is considered one of the most prestigious junior open squash championships in Asia and in the world. It is one of just four Tier 2 events used in the world junior rankings, which are surpassed in difficulty only by the World Junior Squash Championships. The tournament hosts nearly 500 players every year and is organized by the Asian Squash Federation and Hong Kong Squash.
Squash is a recreational sport in India but is slowly gaining popularity as a competitive sport. It is governed by the Squash Rackets Federation of India. The India men's national squash team has participated in three quarter finals of the World Team Squash Championships since 1967.
Osama Khaled Khalifa is a professional squash player who competed for Columbia University. Khalifa was the #1-ranked US college squash player and the 2017 Collegiate National Champion, the first-ever Columbia player to win the national title.
Kim Hannes is a former Belgian female squash player. Kim Hannes married fellow Belgian star squash player Stefan Casteleyn in 2014. She achieved her highest career singles ranking of World No. 33 in December 2002.
The Dutch Junior Open squash championship is one of the largest individual junior squash tournaments in the world and is considered one of the most prestigious junior squash championships. It has been running since 1987 every year, and is highly established as it is just one of just five Tier 2 events used in the WSF World Junior Squash Circuit. The tournament hosts over 400 players from more than 30 countries every year and is organized by the Dutch Squash Federation and European Squash Federation (ESF), usually in July. It is a Super Series tournament on the ESF junior circuit, as it attracts top players from all over the world.
The Canadian Junior Open is a yearly Junior squash championship held in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. The tournament hosts nearly 300 players representing between 20 and 25 countries every year. The tournament is organized by Squash Canada and Squash Ontario.
