Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (squash Player)
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Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Forero (born December 20, 1985, in
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), known as Miguel Rodríguez, is a professional male squash player who represents
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. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in June 2015.


Early life

Rodríguez was born in
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,
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. He was introduced to squash at the age of 2 by his father Ángel, a former professional squash player himself. He played primarily at the Club El Nogal in Bógota. Miguel attended the school Calasanz, where he also played football and table tennis. His most significant achievement as a junior was winning the US Junior Open and the Canadian Junior Open in Boys' Under-19 for 2 consecutive seasons (2003 and 2004). Rodríguez then started his professional squash career, and won his first PSA World Tour title in November 2005 at the age of 19.


Career overview

Rodríguez won the Colombian Open twice, in 2008 and 2010, and was runner-up in 2006 and 2012. Rodriguez won the Pan American Games in 2015 In September, he became the highest-ranked South American of all-time, exceeding then Federico Usandizaga of Argentina. In 2013, he won the Bluenose Classic in Halifax,
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in March and was bronze medalist at the World Games in
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. He also won gold in the men's singles at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. On May 20, 2018, he won the 2018 British Open Squash Championships in Hull,
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, beating Egypt's Mohamed El Shorbagy in a 5 game thriller to become the first-ever man from Colombia, and more broadly South America, to win the coveted British Open title. Rodríguez is known to wear different colored shoes when on court.


Titles and Finals


Major Finals (1)

Major tournaments include: * PSA World Championships * PSA World Tour Finals * Top-tier PSA World Tour tournaments (Platinum/World Series/Super Series)


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