Sivasangari Subramaniam
| Country | Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | January 24, 1999 Sungai Petani, Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Alor Setar, Kedah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (8 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | Active | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jesse Engelbrecht | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Racquet used | Dunlop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 9 (July 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 10 (December 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour final(s) | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sivasangari Subramaniam (born 24 January 1999) is a Malaysian professional squash player.[1] She reached a career high ranking of number 9 in the world during July 2024.[2] in the world.[3]
Career
[edit]In 2011, Subramaniam was nominated as MSSM (National Schools Sports Council) 2011 Promising Sportsgirl of the Year.[4] On 8 July 2018, she became the youngest women's National Champion by defeating Low Wee Wern in the final at the Ohana 34th National Squash Championships.[5][6] Subramaniam became the 2018 British Junior Open champion by defeating Satomi Watanabe.
On 6 March 2022, she won College Squash Association (CSA) National Collegiate Individual Championships to clinch her first individual title for Cornell University.[7]
On 1 April 2024, she won the Gillen Market's London Classic Gold event, completing a dream week at the by beating World No. 2 Hania El Hammamy to lift the PSA World Tour Gold-level title.
In December 2024, Subramaniam helped Malaysia win the bronze medal at the 2024 Women's World Team Squash Championships.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Sivasangari was born in Sungai Petani, Kedah to Valli Nagappan and Subramaniam Kaniappan. She started playing squash at the age of eight. She is a former student of SMK Sultanah Asma and obtained her GCE Ordinary Level from Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar. She is currently studying Bachelor of Science (Mass Communications/ Media Studies) at Cornell University.[9]
On 26 June 2022, she was involved in a car accident along the Maju Expressway. She sustained fractures on her face and C1 vertebra.[10] Due to the injuries, she had to pull out of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "PSA World Tour Rankings - The Professional Squash Association". psaworldtour.com.
- ^ PSA WEBSITE
- ^ Sivasangari Subramaniam at Squash Info
- ^ "Hero's welcome for Sivasangari". The Star.
- ^ "Subramanian & Yuen claim Malaysian titles". Squash Site Blog. Squash Site Blog.
- ^ "OHANA National Squash Championships 2018". Tournament Software. Tournament Software.
- ^ "Sivasangari wins US collegiate title for Cornell University". Malay Mail. Malay Mail.
- ^ "Egypt complete historic clean sweep of WSF World Squash Team Championship titles". World Squash. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ Norzalina (17 January 2022). "Pengganti Nicol David, Sivasangari Kini Ranking Ke-26 Dunia & Pemain Skuasy Terbaik Ivy League" (in Malay). Nona. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ Rohit Brijnath (6 October 2023). "From hospital bed to gold medal: The comeback of a squash hero". Straits Times. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ Kng Zheng Guan (27 June 2022). "Sivasangari hospitalised after car crash, out of Commonwealth Games". New Straits Times. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Malaysian female squash players
- Sportspeople from Kedah
- Malaysian people of Tamil descent
- Malaysian sportspeople of Indian descent
- Squash players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Malaysia
- Asian Games medalists in squash
- Squash players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Squash players at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Malaysia
- Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia
- SEA Games medalists in squash
- Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games
- 21st-century Malaysian women