Kanzy Emad El-Defrawy
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Clinching match Trinity vs Yale 2013 | |
| Full name | Kanzy Emad Farid ElDefrawy |
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| Nickname(s) | Kanzouzi, Egyptian Magic |
| Country |
 Egypt |
| Residence | Cairo, Egypt |
| Born |
May 5, 1994 Cairo, Egypt |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
| Turned Pro | 2008 |
| Plays | Right Handed |
| Coached by | Amir Wagih |
| Racquet used | Head |
| Women's singles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 29 (December, 2011) |
| Current ranking | No. 29 (January, 2016) |
| Last updated on: January, 2016. | |
Kanzy Emad ElDefrawy (born May 5, 1994) is an Egyptian squash player.
Personal life
ElDefrawy was born in Cairo on May 5, 1994. She reached a career-high ranking of World No. 27 in December 2011 Women's International Squash Professional Association (WISPA) competition. ElDefrawy is the daughter of Hilton's General Manager, Mr. Emad ElDefrawy and the tennis star and CrossFit Traier, Nevine Essam ElBaz. She was born and raised in Cairo and began playing Squash at the age of seven at the Heliopolis Club, where she continues to be based. She has three younger sisters who also play squash and participate in many national and international tournaments. ElDefrawy is trilingual, speaking Arabic, French and English fluently.
Squash career
Junior tournaments
ElDefrawy has won more than 70 national titles in U11 to U19. ElDefrawy was a runner up during the British Junior Open in 2009 and 2012. In 2008 and 2010, she was awarded the champion of the world team's title. ElDefrawy has won various tournaments in Junior Opens. She won the Pioneer Junior Open 4 times, along with 5 wins in the Dutch Junior Open. ElDefrawy also won the French and German Junior Opens along with the Arab Cup. ElDefrawy also won the African cup in 2011 winning all her matches without dropping any games.
She was ranked World No. 5 for U19 in 2008 and 2010. ElDefrawy reached a career highest ranking of World No. 27 in December 2011.[1][2]
ElDefrawy began competing internationally at the age of 13. However, she underwent knee surgery at the age of 14. While recovering from the surgery, ElDefrawy channeled her rehabilitation efforts and began to seriously improve her squash game.[3]
College career
ElDefrawy was recruited at the age of 18 to attend the prestigious Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. As a freshman, she led the team as the No. 1 to a triumphant season, easily taking the NESCAC championship. Trinity clenched second place in the CSA's National Women's Squash Competition, a championship they had not had the opportunity to attain in eight years. In the CSA Individual Competition, ElDefrawy put up a valiant fight against USA's No. 1 ranked player, Amanda Sohby, but was ultimately defeated.
In 2013, as a Freshman, ElDefrawy was named both NESCAC player of the year and ROOKIE of the year. She was also appointed to the all NESCAC first team. Trinity's women's squash coach Wendy Bartlett was also named NESCAC coach of the year that season, her first time receiving this title in the 29 seasons she has coached at Trinity.
After her success at the CSA individual tournament, ElDefrawy is ranked No. 2 in the United States. She is also currently ranked as the No. 6 women's player in Egypt.
In 2015, ElDefrawy was nominated as MVP within the Trinity women's squash team, along with the Working boast award that represents tremendous effort and care, showing the love of the game outside and inside of the court. She was nominated Captain and will be the leader of the team throughout the 2015-16 season.
In her last college squash tournament, ElDefrawy was ranked Number 1 in the United States and helped lead Trinity College's women's team to second after Harvard University.
Youtube and News Fame
In January 2015, ElDefrawy has participated in the TOC (Tournament of Champions) Professional Tournament held in Grand Central Station in NYC. There, ElDefrawy astonished the crowd with her dive series where she dove four times in a row to save four balls in the same point. ElDefrawy was mentioned in SkyNews, BBC News, The Business Insider, as well as 27 other news channels. The video has a total of 4 Million views and was the trending topic on applications such as Twitter. The match was against number six in the world Camille Serme from France who defeated ElDefrawy in a very close four setter in a 59minutes battle.
References
External links
- Kanzy Emad El-Defrawy profile from WISPA (archived)
- Kanzy Emad El-Defrawy profile from WSA (archived)
- Kanzy Emad El-Defrawy profile from SquashInfo
Professional Squash Association: Top ten Egyptian female squash players as of January 2016 | |
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