Nour was born and has been raised in Alexandria, Egypt. She started playing squash when she was 8 years old, and was already participating in tournaments before she was 9
In four years on the WSA World Tour, Nour El Sherbini rose 208 places in the women’s rankings to occupy the world No. 7 spot at the age of 16.
After defeating world number one Raneem El Welily inside New York’s Grand Central Terminal earlier this year, Egyptian squash player Nour El Sherbini became the first woman to win the Tournament of Champions three times—and she’s not yet 30. The Egyptian athlete is no stranger to making sports history. In 2009, she became the youngest world champion in the history of the sport when she won the women’s title at the World Junior squash Championships at just 13 years old. In 2015, she became the youngest woman to win the Women’s World Championship, which was held in Malaysia, and then a year later retained her title by beating her most recent opponent, El Welily, at the Women’s World Championship held in El Gouna, Egypt.
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