Farida Mohamed

Farida Mohamed
CountryEgypt
Born (2002-01-15) January 15, 2002 (age 22)
Alexandria, Egypt
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Turned pro2018
RetiredActive
PlaysRight Handed
Coached byTameem El Welily & Ahmed Shohayeb
Racquet usedTecnifibre
Women's singles
Highest rankingNo. 14 (October 2022)
Current rankingNo. 14 (December 2024)
Title(s)5
Tour final(s)7

Farida Mohamed (born 15 January 2002),[1] is an Egyptian professional squash player. Farida is known as “The Bazooka” for her powerful shots.[2] She reached a career high ranking of number 14 in the world during October 2022.[1]

Career

She won the 2018 Growthpoint South Africa Open PSA professional tournament, which was her first appearance on the PSA world tour, beating fellow Egyptian Menna Nasser in the final.[3][4][5]

Personal life

Her sister is the Columbia Lions women's squash player Habiba Mohamed Ahmed Aly Mohamed. Habiba graduated Columbia class of 2022 and Farida is enrolled in Columbia University class of 2024 and currently plays at number 1 on her team at Columbia.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Farida Mohamed at Squash Info Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "PSA World Tour Rankings - The Professional Squash Association". psaworldtour.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Tournaments - Professional Squash Association". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Squash Info | Women's South African Open 2018". Squash. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  5. ^ "South African Open Squash 2018 Pretoria". squashsite.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Farida Mohamed - Women's Squash". Columbia University Athletics. Retrieved 8 August 2020.


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