Nicol David
Nicol David during the Squash Stars Meet the Stars session in July 2010
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| Full name | Nicol Ann David |
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| Nickname(s) | Duracell Bunny |
| Country |
 Malaysia |
| Residence | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Born |
26 August 1983 Penang, Malaysia |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) |
| Turned Pro | 2000 |
| Plays | Right handed |
| Coached by | Liz Irving |
| Racquet used | Prince |
| Website | www.nicoldavid.com |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (January, 2006) |
| Current ranking | No. 7 (January, 2017) |
| Title(s) | 80 |
| Tour final(s) | 100 |
| World Open | W (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014) |
| Last updated on: January, 2016. | |
Datuk Nicol Ann David (born 26 August 1983) is a Malaysian female professional squash player, currently ranked world number 3. Beginning in August 2006, David was the world number one for a record-breaking 108 consecutive months, finally ceding the ranking in July 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 week in the top 10, breaking the record in both men's and women's categories. She surpassed Peter Nicol's previous records of 150 weeks.
David is the first squash player to have won the World Junior title twice; in 1999 and 2001 under the tutelage of Richard Glanfield. She remained the only female squash player to have achieved this, until Raneem El Weleily emulated David's feat by winning her second World Junior Championship in 2007. David joined WISPA and turned professional in 2000 when she won her first WISPA title, after only a month on the tour. The victory came in February, when she defeated Salma Shabana in the final of the Savcor Finnish Open. On 7 June 2008, David was honoured with the Order of Merit (Darjah Bakti) or D.B. in conjunction with the birthday of the His Majesty Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin. She was the first recipient of the award which was established on 26 June 1975. David was also invited to carry the Olympic torch for Malaysia during the build up to the Athens Olympics in 2004 and being appointed as UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador for Malaysia.
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