Nour El Sherbini
Nour El Sherbini
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| Full name | Nour Atef Ahmed Zaki El Sherbini |
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| Country |
 Egypt
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| Residence | Alexandria, Egypt |
| Born |
1 November 1995 Alexandria, Egypt |
| Turned Pro | 2009 |
| Retired | Active |
| Plays | Right Handed |
| Coached by | Omar el Sherbini , Roushdy Mabrouk |
| Racquet used | Tecnifibre |
| Website | www.nourelsherbini.com |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (May , 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 1 (May 2016) |
| Title(s) | 5 |
| Tour final(s) | 9 |
| World Open | W (2015, 2016) |
| Last updated on: April 2016. | |
Nour El Sherbini, (Arabic: نور الشربيني; born 1 November 1995) is an Egyptian professional squash player. She won the British Junior Open Under-13 category in 2009. On August 2, 2009, at 13, Sherbini became the youngest world champion in the history of the sport when she won the women's title at the World Junior squash Championships (U-19). On 28 November 2009, Sherbini was awarded the 2009 Young WISPA Squash Player of the Year. On 30 April 2016, she became the youngest women to win the Women's World Championship which was held in Malaysia.
Nour was born and has been raised in Alexandria, Egypt. She started playing squash when she was 6 and was already participating in tournaments before she was 8.
Her brother Omar el Sherbini kept her interested in squash as she would spend time watching him and learning from his sessions. She confirmed that sports runs in her family: "My father used to be a football player and a good swimmer. Also my mum was a good athlete".
Sherbini plays no other sports.
As she explains: "By time I gained more confidence and become more steady that made me able to win most of the titles of the local tournaments in Egypt, till reaching the British open and my first international titles. My first BJO title was such a push for more titles starting from under 13 years old till under 15, titles in a row".
A few months after her 13th birthday, she joined WISPA in early 2009, and in April she announced her arrival by losing to world top liner Engy Kheirallah in a tight 3/1 at the Heliopolis Open. After having reached the final of the ATCO Miro event in June, also in Cairo, Sherbini was stopped by Kheirallah in her bid for her first WISPA Tour title.
In the World Junior Squash Championships Individual in Chennai, India, she became world under-19 champion at the age of 13.
As she explained: "Reaching the most important moment of my life, I was chosen to represent Egypt in the world open junior championship taking place in Chennai, India. To win the title was a dream, but to take it and feel the taste of victory was a dream came true. Adding the World Team title made it looks extraordinary".
In four years on the WSA World Tour, Nour El Sherbini rose 208 places in the women’s rankings to occupy the world No. 7 spot at the age of 16.
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