Nouran Gohar
Nouran Gohar 
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| Nationality: |
 Egypt
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| Birthday: | September 30, 1997 |
| Size: | 165 cm |
| Weight: | 57 kg |
| 1st professional season: | 2011 |
| Playing hand: | Right |
| Trainer: |
Omar Abdel Aziz , Karim Darwish |
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| Career title: | 9 |
| Career finals: | 16 |
| Best placement: | 1 (July 2020) |
| Current placement: | 1 |
| Month # 1: | 2 |
| Last update of the infobox: August 1st, 2020 | |
| Sources: official player profiles at PSA and Squashinfo (see web links ) | |
Nouran Ahmed Gohar (born September 30, 1997 in Cairo ) is an Egyptian squash player .
Career
Nouran Gohar was runner-up in 2014 in Windhoek after a four-set loss to Habiba Mohamed . The following year she reached the final again. In this she met Habiba Mohamed again, who she defeated 3-1 and thus became world champion. She has been active on the PSA World Tour since 2011 and has won nine titles so far, her largest in Hong Kong in 2016 and at the British Open in 2019 . At the 2015 World Cup , she reached the semi-finals for the first time, in which she lost to Nour El Sherbini in three sets. In 2016 she succeeded in defending her title at the Junior World Championship, now number five in the world, without losing a set. Shortly afterwards, in September 2016, she achieved her best position in the world rankings with fourth place. In November it rose to third place. With the Egyptian national team , she became world champion in 2016 and 2018 . At the turn of the year 2017, she took second place in the world rankings for the first time. In 2017 she also became the Egyptian national champion for the first time. On July 1, 2020, after the immediate resignation of the previous number one in the world, Raneem El Weleily , she took the lead in the world rankings.
successes
- World champion with the team: 2016 , 2018
- Won PSA -Titel: 9
- World number one for 2 months
- Egyptian champion: 2017
Web links
- Player profile at psaworldtour.com (English)
- Player profile at squashinfo.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gohar Claims Women's World No.1 Spot Following El Welily Retirement. In: psaworldtour.com. Professional Squash Association , July 1, 2020, accessed July 1, 2020 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gohar, Nouran |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gohar, Nouran Ahmed (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Egyptian squash player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1997 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cairo , Egypt |