Ahmed Barada (born 25 April 1977 in

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) is an Egyptian former professional

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player. He finished runner-up at both the World Open and the

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Finals in 1999 (losing in both finals to

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). His career-high world ranking was World No. 2, which he reached in December 1998. He represented the winning Egyptian team in the 1999 Men's World Team Squash Championships held in

. Barada won the World Junior Open squash title in 1994, as well as 4 British Junior Open titles in 1991–94 (1 under-14, 2 under-16, and 1 under-19). He shot to stardom on the professional circuit in 1996, when he became the first wildcard player ever to reach the final of a

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Super Series event, finishing runner-up at the inaugural Al-Ahram International Championship in Cairo. In 2000, Barada was stabbed twice near the spinal cord by an unknown assailant outside his home in Cairo. Following his recovery from this injury, Barada had a short-lived comeback, before officially announcing his retirement from the game in August 2001.

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* * 1977 births Living people Egyptian male squash players English people of Egyptian descent World Games gold medalists World Games medalists for Egypt Squash players from Cairo 20th-century Egyptian people Medalists at the 1997 World Games {{Egypt-squash-bio-stub