Mathieu Castagnet (born 14 November 1986 in Saintes,

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) is a professional

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player who represented

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. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 6 in May 2016. He reached the quarterfinals of the US Open in

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and the quarterfinals of the

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, and entered the world Top 20 in June 2014. In December 2014, he beat the world number one

Mohamed El Shorbagy Mohamed ElShorbagy ( ar, محمد الشوربجي, born 12 January 1991 in Alexandria) is an Egyptian-English professional squash player. He represented Egypt from a young age until June 2022, and is currently representing England. He reac ...

in four games during the British Grand Prix 2014, where he reached the final against

Nick Matthew Nicholas Matthew (born 25 July 1980 in Sheffield) is a former English professional squash player who has won the two most prestigious tournaments in the professional game, the British Open and the World Open, three times each. He reached a ...

. In March 2016, he won in the Canary Wharf Classic beating the No. 1 seed

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in four games, the biggest achievement of his career. In July 2017, he won the bronze medal at The World Games 2017 in

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, Poland.

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* * * 1986 births Living people French male squash players World Games medalists in squash World Games bronze medalists Competitors at the 2013 World Games Competitors at the 2017 World Games People from Saintes, Charente-Maritime Sportspeople from Charente-Maritime {{France-squash-bio-stub