CAREER HIGHLIGHT

Datuk Nicol Ann David (born August 26, 1983) is a Malaysian professional squash player. She is the current world number 1 in women's squash, and is the first Asian woman to achieve this. She won the British Open title in 2005,2006 and 2008. She also won the World Open title in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009.

Nicol is the first squash player to have won the World Junior title twice; in 1999 and 2001. She was the only femalesquash player to have done this until in 2007. This was when Raneem El Weleily won her second World Junior Championship. Nicol joined WISPA and turned professional in 2000 when she won her first WISPA title, after only a month in the tour. The win came in February, when she beats Salma Shabana in the final of the Savcor Finnish Open. On June 7, 2008, Nicol David was recognized with the Order of Merit (Darjah Bakti) or D.B. in conjunction with the birthday of the His Majesty Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin. She was the first recipient of the award which was started on June 26, 1975. Nicol was also invited to carry the Olympic torch for Malaysia during the build up to the Athens Olympics in 2004 and being appointed as UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador for Malaysia. Nicol David's other notable achievements include the Asian Squash Championship, which she won with a record of seven times (in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010). She also held a 13-month, 51-match winning streak, from March 2006 until April 2007. In April 2007 she finally lost to Natalie Grinham in the final of the 2007 Seoul
Open. Nicol has also won the WISPA Player of the Year on five consecutive times, from 2005 until 2009

 CAREER HIGHLIGHT

Jul 01	Becomes first woman to win World Junior Championship title twice
May 05	World Squash Awards: Young Female Player of the Year
Dec 05	World Squash Awards: WISPA Player of the Year 2005
Dec 06	World Squash Awards: WISPA Player of the Year 2006
Dec 07	Asian Sportswoman of the Year 2007
Dec 07	World Squash Awards: WISPA Player of the Year 2007
Jun 08	Receives 'Order of Merit', Malaysia's highest honour
Jul 08	Conferred a 'Datukship' by Penang (the youngest ever)
Oct 08	World Squash Awards: WISPA Player of the Year 2008
Mar 09	Malaysia's 2008 Sportswoman of the Year (for 6th time!)
Mar 09	56-match/17-month unbeaten WISPA run ends (previous long run 51 matches)
Sep 09	Becomes third longest-reigning world No1 ever (beating Sarah Fitz-Gerald)
Nov 09	Wins WISPA Player of the Year award
Nov 10	Wins 50th Tour title at Qatar Classic
Jan 11	Awarded 2010 WISPA Player of the Year
Mar 11	Wins a record 8th Malaysian Sportswoman of the Year award
Mar 11	Becomes second longest-reigning world No1 ever (beating Michelle Martin)
Sep 12	Made an honorary major of the Royal Malaysian Air Forces (RMAF) Volunteer Reserve

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