Rachel Arnold

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Rachel Arnold
Full nameRachel Mae Arnold
CountryMalaysia
Residence Ampang, Malaysia
Born (1996-04-16) 16 April 1996 (age 27)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Playsright handed
Racquet usedTechnifibre
Highest ranking26 (December 2022)
Current ranking32 (September 2023)
Medal record
Women's squash
Representing Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
World Team Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Cairo Team
World Doubles Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2016 MelbourneDoubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 GlasgowDoubles
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Team
Asian Individual Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Islamabad Singles
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Philippines Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Philippines Team
Asian Youth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Nanjing Team

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.

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Career

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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References

  1. Rachel Arnold at Squash Info OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Rachel Arnold - Squash Racquets Association of Malaysia". Squash Racquets Association of Malaysia. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  3. "Player Spotlight: Rachel Arnold - Professional Squash Association". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  4. Info, Squash. "Squash Info | Women's Malaysian Tour 2017 | Squash". www.squashinfo.com. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  5. "Rachel Arnold aims to 'squash' recent setbacks; reach Gold Coast next year". NST Online. 2017-10-14. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  6. "Squash: Tri-nation test to finalise CWG squash team | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  7. "Egypt beat USA to retain title". World Squash. Retrieved 18 December 2022.