Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (squash player)
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| Full name | Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Forero |
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| Nickname(s) | The Cannonball |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Residence | Bogotá, Colombia |
| Born | December 20, 1985 Bogotá, Colombia |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
| Turned Pro | 2005 |
| Retired | Active |
| Plays | Right Handed |
| Coached by | Ángel Rodríguez, Sardar Ali Khan, David Palmer |
| Racquet used | Tecnifibre Carboflex Cannonball |
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| Highest ranking | No. 4 (June, 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 6 (November, 2018) |
| Title(s) | 27 |
| Tour final(s) | 37 |
| World Open | QF (2015, 2017) |
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| Last updated: July 2016. | |
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Forero (born December 20, 1985 in Bogotá), known as Miguel Rodríguez, is a professional male squash player who represents Colombia. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in June 2015.[1]
Early life[]
Rodríguez was born in Bogotá, Colombia. He was introduced to squash at the age of 2 by his father Ángel, a former professional squash player himself. He played primarily at the Club El Nogal in Bógota. Miguel attended the school Calasanz, where he also played football and table tennis. His most significant achievement as a junior is winning the US Junior Open and the Canadian Junior Open in Boys' Under 19 for 2 years in a row in 2003 and 2004. Rodríguez then started his professional squash career, and saw his first PSA World Tour title in November 2005 at the age of 19.[2]
Career overview[]
Rodríguez won the Colombian Open twice, in 2008 and 2010, and was runner-up in 2006 and 2012. Rodriguez won the Pan American Games in 2015
In September, he became the highest-ranked South American of all-time, exceeding then of Argentina.
In 2013, he won the Bluenose Classic in Halifax in Canada in March and was bronze medalist of the World Games in Cali. He also won gold at the 2015 pan-am games in Toronto for single mens.
On May 20, 2018, he won the 2018 British Open Squash Championships in Hull, England, beating Egypt's Mohamed El Shorbagy in a 5 game thriller to become the first-ever man from Colombia, and more broadly South America, to win the coveted British Open title.
Major World Series final appearances[]
British Open: 1 final (1 title, 0 runner-up)[]
| Outcome | Year | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Winner | 2018 |  Mohamed El Shorbagy |
11-7, 6-11, 8-11, 11-2, 11-9 |
References[]
- ^ SquashInfo Player Profile
- ^ "What You May Not Know About Colombian Squash Sensation Miguel Ángel Rodríguez". Salming Canada - Running, Squash, Floorball. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
External links[]
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived April 11, 2015)
- Miguel Angel Rodriguez – PSA World Tour profile at the Wayback Machine (archived September 10, 2013)
- Miguel Rodriguez at PSA
- Miguel Rodriguez at Squash Info
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bogotá
- Colombian male squash players
- Pan American Games medalists in squash
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia
- Squash players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Squash players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Squash players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- World Games bronze medalists
- Competitors at the 2013 World Games
- South American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- South American Games medalists in squash
- Competitors at the 2010 South American Games
- Squash players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Competitors at the 2017 World Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia
- South American squash biography stubs
- Colombian sportspeople stubs