Farida Mohamed Explained

Farida Mohamed
Country:Egypt
Birth Date:15 January 2002
Birth Place:Alexandria, Egypt
Height:177cm
Weight:67kg
Turnedpro:2018
Retired:Active
Plays:Right Handed
Coach:Tameem El Welily & Ahmed Shohayeb
Racquet:Tecnifibre
Event:Women's singles
Highest Ranking:No. 15
Date Of Highest Ranking:July 2022
Current Ranking:No. 16
Date Of Current Ranking:December 2022
Titles:5
Finals:7
Updated:August 2022

Farida Mohamed (born 15 January 2002 in Alexandria), is an Egyptian professional squash player. Farida is known as “The Bazooka” for her power and explosiveness.[1] As of July 2022, she was ranked number 15 in the world. 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.[2] [3] [4]

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 she is currently playing at number 1 on her team at Columbia.[5]

References

  1. Web site: PSA World Tour Rankings - The Professional Squash Association. psaworldtour.com. 2018-08-11. 2019-03-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20190331190639/https://psaworldtour.com/rankings/world_tour?g=women. dead.
  2. Web site: Tournaments - Professional Squash Association. psaworldtour.com. 2018-08-11.
  3. Web site: Squash Info | Women's South African Open 2018. Squash. 2018-08-11.
  4. Web site: South African Open Squash 2018 Pretoria. squashsite.co.uk. 2018-08-11.
  5. Web site: Farida Mohamed - Women's Squash. 2020-08-08. Columbia University Athletics. en.