Full name | Rachel Mae Arnold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Ampang, Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 16 April 1996||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plays | right handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Racquet used | Technifibre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 26 (December 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 32 (September 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rachel Mae Arnold (born 16 April 1996) is a Malaysian female squash player represents Malaysia women's national squash team. [1] [2] She is the younger sister of a fellow Malaysian squash player, Delia Arnold.
Rachel started her squash international career in 2016, and reached the world ranking of 64 by the end of 2016. [3] She reached her career best world ratings in December 2017 after winning the Malaysian Open Squash Championships singles in May 2017. [4] Rachel Arnold also won the women's singles at the SEA Games Championship in 2017. [5] Rachel also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [6] Currently ranked 43rd in the world, based on PSA rank.
In 2022, she won a bronze at the 2022 Women's World Team Squash Championships. [7]
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