Misplaced Pages

Annie Au

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Hong Kong squash player (born 1989)
Annie Au
MH
Annie Au
CountryChina (Hong Kong)
BornAu Wing Chi
(1989-02-09) February 9, 1989 (age 35)
Hong Kong
ResidenceHong Kong
Turned pro2004
Retired2020
PlaysLeft Handed
Coached byAbdul Faheem Khan
Racquet usedharrow
Women's singles
Highest rankingNo. 6 (May, 2012)
Title(s)17
Tour final(s)27
Medal record
Women's squash
Representing  Hong Kong
World Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Issy-les-Moulineaux Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Dalian Team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Singles
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Team
Updated on March, 2020.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Au.

Annie Au Wing Chi MH (Chinese: 歐詠芝; Jyutping: au wing zi; born February 9, 1989), known as Annie Au, is a former professional squash player who represented Hong Kong.

Career

Annie is a left-hander from Asia who has made a great impression as a junior. Not only winning British Junior Open titles but reaching the final of the Asian Junior and being a member of the Hong Kong team which won the world juniors is also on her record. She is a tribute to the Hong Kong Squash development schemes. She started playing squash at school aged thirteen through the promotional scheme. She was coached by national coach Abdul Faheem Khan, a former professional squash player from Pakistan.

Au reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 6 in May 2012.

In 2016, she was part of the Hong Kong team that won the bronze medal at the 2016 Women's World Team Squash Championships in France. Two years later in 2018, she was again part of the Hong Kong team that won the bronze medal at the 2018 Women's World Team Squash Championships. Au retired in 2020 to join the police force.

See also

References

  1. "Annie Au profile". Squash Info. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  2. WISPA Player Profile
  3. Player Profile at SquashInfo
  4. "WSF Women's World Champs". Squash site. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  5. "France & Hong Kong gatecrash World Team Semis in Dalian". World Squash. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. "Squash queen Annie Au joins the police as Hong Kong sport loses one of its few world-class stars". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded byCamille Serme WISPA Young Player of the Year
2008 		Succeeded byNour El Sherbini


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This biographical article relating to a Hong Kong squash figure is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: