In the statement issued in Malaysia today, David said: “After more than 20 years playing squash for Malaysia, competing on the professional tour and achieving the utmost best from my career being the only Malaysian athlete to achieve these accolades and to be recognised as the greatest female squash athlete of all time by my peers, I can proudly say that I am ready and happy to announce my retirement at the end of this seasonal tour. In 2015, David established a record 109-month unbroken run as world No.1 – and in Malaysia she is recognised as the country’s most successful Asian Games athlete with seven gold medals (five individual and two in team championships) in the quadrennial event.ĭavid was inducted into the World Squash Federation ‘Hall of Fame’ in 2011. She became the first player to win two world junior titles in 2001 before going on to accumulate a record eight senior individual world titles among a total of 81 PSA World Tour titles from 102 final appearances.
Since making her debut on the international stage in 1996, when she won the British Junior Under-14 Open title as a 12-year-old, this formidable woman from Penang has blazed a phenomenal trail through the sport, creating record after record. Today’s announcement in her home country of Malaysia that Nicol, now 35, is bringing to a close her illustrious playing career signals the end of a unique era in squash. As well as winning titles galore, she has always been a fervent supporter of squash’s Olympic bid, a proud ambassador for Malaysia and the game of squash, and an ideal sporting role model for children across the globe. That statement underlined her devotion to the game that she dominated for a whole decade.
Nicol David once famously revealed that she would happily swap all eight of her World Championship titles for just one Olympic gold medal.
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