Ramy Ashour

Ramy Ashour loves music and finds it to be an inspiration in all aspects of his life. He often practices while listening to his favorite songs, and has stated in interviews that he has discovered many new shots while moving to the rhythm of the music. He has even expressed an interest in recording music of his own, although he does not anticipate pursuing it professionally.

He loves experiencing and learning about other cultures, and one of his greatest joys in life is traveling all over the world.

He doesn’t have a coach, full-time manager or physiotherapist; he is highly self-motivated and instead travels alone to his engagements. He also believes that quality is more important than quantity when it comes to training, so he only trains for two to three hours each day.

Ramy Ashour was born on September 30, 1987 in Cairo, Egypt. He spent a great deal of his childhood traveling and spending time away from his parents, as both his mother and father worked for Egypt Air.

He began playing squash when he was only six years old, at the encouragement of his father. Although he had previously done a lot of swimming and horse riding, he found that he immediately felt comfortable on the squash court and it soon became his favorite activity.

Both Ramy and his younger brother, Hisham Mohamed Ashour, went on to become professional squash players.

In 2004, Ramy Ashour won the Men’s World Junior Squash Championship, at the age of 16. With this feat he became the youngest person ever to win the World Junior Squash Championship.

Two years later, in 2006, he again won the World Junior Squash Championship and became the only person ever to win the World Junior Squash Championship twice.

During the team event of the 2006 World Junior Squash Championship, he led Egypt to a team victory when Egypt defeated Pakistan by 2-1 in the finals of the team event. This was the first and only time that a team had ever captured both the team event title and the top three positions in the players’ event.

His first major professional title came in January 2007 during the Canadian Squash Classic, when he beat David Palmer in just 32 minutes. Later that year, he again came out on top when he defeated Amr Shabana in the Kuwait Open.

After winning both the Saudi International and the PSA Masters in 2009, he went on to become World No. 1 in January 2010. At only 22 years old, he was the youngest player in 26 years to achieve this landmark.

He is currently the only person to have been the World Junior Squash Champion twice, having won in both 2004 and 2006. His first win in 2004 was when he was only 16 years old and he became the youngest player ever to win the Men’s World Junior Squash Championship.

Ramy Ashour became the World No. 1 at the age of 22, making him the youngest player in almost three decades to achieve this feat.