Full name | Miguel Ángel Rodríguez |
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Nickname(s) | The Cannonball |
Country | Colombia |
Residence | Bogotá, Colombia |
Born |
Bogotá, Colombia |
December 20, 1985
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
Turned Pro | 2005 |
Retired | Active |
Plays | Right Handed |
Coached by | Ángel Rodríguez, Sardar Ali Khan, David Palmer |
Racquet used | Tecnifibre Dynergy 125 AP |
Highest ranking | No. 4 (April, 2015) |
Current ranking | No. 5 (July, 2016) |
Title(s) | 26 |
Tour final(s) | 36 |
World Open | QF (2015) |
Last updated on: July 2016. |
Miguel Angel Rodriguez ["Migue", "Miguelon", "A-Rod"] (born December 20, 1985 in Bogotá) is a professional male squash player who represents Colombia. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in April 2015. Miguel was ranked fourth as of June 1
Rodríguez won two times the Colombian Open in 2008 and 2010, and was runner-up in 2006 and 2012. Rodriguez won the Pan American Games in 2015
In September, he became the highest-ranked South American of all-time, exceeding then Federico Usandizaga of Argentina.
In 2013, he won the Bluenose Classic in Halifax in Canada in March and was bronze medalist of the World Games in Cali. He also won gold at the 2015 pan-am games in Toronto for single mens.
Rodriguez was brought up in Bogota Colombia.