Ramy Ashour Biography

Ramy Ashour, also known as ‘The Artist’, is a professional squash player from Egypt, who has been playing the sport from a very young age. He and his brother, Hisham Mohamed Ashour, were both encouraged by their father to play squash. Now both the brothers play professionally, and often travel together to tournaments. Ramy’s earliest victory was at the Men’s World Junior Squash Championship, which he won at the age of 16. He is recognized as one of the most technically skilled professional squash players in the world. At the height of his career, he had an astonishing record of 49 wins in a row. He became the World No. 1, at the age of 22 and was the youngest player since the 1980s to reach this position. He does not have a coach or personal trainer, and instead chooses to manage himself. He is known to travel alone to all of his tournaments, and has gained most of his success through daily solo training. He finds music to be his greatest motivator during practice