Karim Abdel Gawad at the 2017 Men's World Team Squash Championships
Nickname(s)
The Baby Faced Assassin
Country
Egypt
Residence
Cairo, Egypt
Born
(1991-07-30) 30 July 1991 (age 32)
Alexandria, Egypt
Height
1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight
72 kg (159 lb)
Turned Pro
2008
Retired
Active
Plays
Right Handed
Coached by
Hisham El Attar
Racquet used
Harrow
Men's singles
Highest ranking
No. 1 (May 2017)
Current ranking
No. 10 (December 2021)
Title(s)
13
Tour final(s)
18
World Open
W (2016)
Medal record
Men's squash
Representing Egypt
World Championships
2016 Cairo
Singles
2023 Chicago
Singles
World Team Championships
2017 Marseille
Team
2019 Washington D.C.
Team
Last updated: July 2020.
Karim Abdel Gawad (born 30 July 1991 in Alexandria) is a professional squash player who has represented Egypt. He is a former world champion and world number 1.
KarimAbdelGawad (born 30 July 1991 in Alexandria) is a professional squash player who has represented Egypt. He is a former world champion and world...
Rabaa massacre Heba AbdelGawad (born 1982), Egyptian swimmer KarimAbdelGawad (born 1991), Egyptian squash player Sara AbdelGawad (born 1982), Egyptian...
successive occasions after a final defeat to compatriot KarimAbdelGawad - just a month after Gawad had beaten him in the World Championship semi-final....
Open where he reached the quarter-finals. He beat KarimAbdelGawad 3-2 in the first round, Karim Darwish 3-2 in the second round and lost out to Nick...
following world number ones: Men: Amr Shabana Karim Darwish Ramy Ashour Mohamed El Shorbagy KarimAbdelGawad Ali Farag Mostafa Asal Women: Raneem El Weleily...
took place in Linköping in Sweden from 4 February to 7 February. KarimAbdelGawad won his first Swedish Open trophy, beating Tarek Momen in the final...
Willstrop Glen Wilson Mo Yasin Qamar Zaman Ali Farag Cameron Pilley KarimAbdelGawad Angela Smith Vanessa Atkinson Tania Bailey Vicky Botwright Cassie...
ranking Ali Farag Diego Elías Paul Coll Mostafa Asal Mohamed Elshorbagy KarimAbdelGawad Mazen Hesham Marwan Elshorbagy Tarek Momen Joel Makin Nour El Sherbini...
(semifinals) Mohamed El Shorbagy (second round) Ali Farag (semifinals) KarimAbdelGawad (second round) Marwan El Shorbagy (second round) Nick Matthew (quarterfinals)...
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