Yasser El Halaby
{{Short description|Egyptian squash player (born 1984)}}
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| country = {{EGY}}
| residence = New York City, United States
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|9|30}}
| birth_place = Cairo, Egypt
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| height = {{height|m=1.73|precision=0}}
| weight = {{convert|72|kg|lb}}
| turnedpro = 2000
| retired = Active
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| racquet = Dunlop
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| event = Men's singles
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| highest_ranking = No. 40
| date_of_highest_ranking = February 2008
| current_ranking = No. 77
| date_of_current_ranking = December 2009
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| updated = December 22, 2009
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Yasser El Halaby (born September 30, 1984 in Cairo) is an Egyptian professional squash player.
Career
El Halaby attended Princeton University from 2002-2006. He won the College Squash Association individual championships an unprecedented four straight times. He also was a member of a squad that almost toppled the Trinity College (Connecticut) squash team's 100+ match win streak, but he failed to convert four match balls against Freshman Gustav Detter and lost (it later emerged that El Halaby was competing with two torn Achilles tendons).[http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2006/12/11/16936/ No. 3: Yasser El Halaby '06 - The Daily Princetonian]
El Halaby has represented Egypt at the international level. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 40 in February 2008.[http://www.psa-squash.com/entry/ranking.php?player=T02812 PSA Player Profile][https://www.squashinfo.com/player-473 SquashInfo Player Profile]
References
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External links
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213000356/http://www.psa-squash.com/entry/ranking.php?player=T02812 |title=Yasser El Halaby – PSA player profile}}
- {{Squash Info|473}}
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Category:Egyptian male squash players
Category:Princeton Tigers men's squash players
Category:Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:21st-century Egyptian sportsmen
Category:Squash players from Cairo
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