Rachel Arnold
| Full name | Rachel Mae Arnold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 April 1996 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Ampang, Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | right handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Racquet used | Technifibre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 17 (December 204) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 17 (December 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rachel Mae Arnold (born 16 April 1996) is a Malaysian squash player who represents Malaysia women's national squash team. She reached a career high ranking of number 17 in the world during December 2024.[1][2] She is the younger sister of fellow Malaysian squash player Delia Arnold.
Career
[edit]Arnold started her international squash career in 2016, and reached the world ranking of 64 by the end of 2016.[3] She reached her career best world ranking to date, in December 2017 after winning the Malaysian Open Squash Championships singles in May 2017.[4] Rachel Arnold also won the women's singles at the SEA Games Championship in 2017.[5] Rachel also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[6]
In 2022, she won a bronze at the 2022 Women's World Team Squash Championships.[7]
After a first round exit at the 2024 PSA Women's World Squash Championship in May,[8] Arnold helped Malaysia win another bronze medal at the December 2024 Women's World Team Squash Championships.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Rachel Arnold at Squash Info
- ^ "Rachel Arnold - Squash Racquets Association of Malaysia". Squash Racquets Association of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "Player Spotlight: Rachel Arnold - Professional Squash Association". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ Info, Squash. "Squash Info | Women's Malaysian Tour 2017 | Squash". www.squashinfo.com. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "Rachel Arnold aims to 'squash' recent setbacks; reach Gold Coast next year". NST Online. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "Squash: Tri-nation test to finalise CWG squash team | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "Egypt beat USA to retain title". World Squash. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ "$565,000 Women's 2023-2024 CIB PSA World Championship 2024, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo, Egypt". Squash Info. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ "Egypt complete historic clean sweep of WSF World Squash Team Championship titles". World Squash. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
External links
[edit]- Rachel Arnold at the Professional Squash Association
- Rachel Arnold at Squash Info
- Rachel Mae Arnold at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Rachel Arnold at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Rachel Arnold at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Rachel Arnold at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Malaysian female squash players
- Sportspeople from Kuala Lumpur
- Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Malaysia
- Squash players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Squash players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Squash players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- SEA Games medalists in squash
- SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia
- Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2017 World Games
- 21st-century Malaysian women
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Malaysia
- Asian Games medalists in squash
- Squash players at the 2022 Asian Games