Ahmed Safwat
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| Nationality | Egyptian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 June 1947 Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 July 2003 (aged 56) Egypt | ||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 7[1] (January 1977) | ||||||||||||||
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Ahmed Safwat (6 June 1947 – 30 July 2003) was a professional squash player from Egypt. He reached a career high ranking of 7 in the world during January 1977 and won a bronze medal for Egypt men's national squash team at the World Team Championships.
Biography
Born in Cairo on 6 June 1947, he was the son of a diplomat and turned professional in 1971. He moved to London and won the British Professional Championship seven times.[2] He reached the semi-finals of the 1977 Men's British Open Squash Championship when he was ranked the second best player in the world. He also represented Egypt at the 1981 & 1983 World Team Squash Championships.[3]
After Ahmed stopped playing competitively he proceeded to coach up and coming squash players.
Ahmed Safwat died of a heart attack aged 56 on 30 July 2003 whilst in his home country.[4] He was due to take part in an over-50s tournament which was subsequently named in his honour. Ahmed was survived by wife and their four children.
References
- ↑ "Ahmed Safwat (Egypt)". Squash Info. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
- ↑ "Safwat's winning run is ended". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 11 April 1981. p. 12. Retrieved 26 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Palmer, Michael (1984). Guinness Book of Squash. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-270-1.
- ↑ "Egyptian squash legend dies". DAWN.COM. 31 July 2003. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
External links
- Ahmed Safwat at Squash Info