Sandra Wu Pom San (born 16 May 1976) is a Malaysian retired professional squash player who is also the former national no 1 player and a cancer survivor. She has played for Malaysia from 1991 to 1999. Sandra confronted with

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in January 2018. She also took part in the 2018 Asia Pacific Masters Games and claimed gold medal in women's 1500m event.

Career

Sandra Wu represented

Malaysia at the 1991 Southeast Asian Games Malaysia competed in the 1991 Southeast Asian Games held in Manila, Philippines from 24 November to 3 December 1991. Medal summary Medals by sport Medallists Basketball Men's tournament ;Preliminary round ;Bronze medal match Women's ...

before winning 1992 Asian Individual Junior Squash Championships. She was defeated by former Singaporean number one player

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at the 1992 and 1994 Asian Individual Squash Championships finals before losing to Malaysian counterpart

Nicol David Malay titles#Datuk, Datuk Nicol Ann David (born August 26, 1983) is a Malaysian retired professional squash (sport), squash player. She was the world number one for a record-breaking 108 consecutive months, ceding the ranking in September 2015 ...

at the 1998 Asian Squash Championships. Wu began her coaching career in 2004 with having brief stint with Malaysian women's squash team between 2005 and 2006. She also went on to become the head coach for the Singapore women's squash team in 2007 and coached until 2016 before becoming the team's technical director. She started a squash academy in Singapore along with former Singaporean squash player

Della Lee Della Lee is a Singaporean former professional squash player who currently serves as the coach of the Singapore women's squash team. She has represented Singapore at a number of international competitions, including the Women's World Team Squa ...

References

1976 births Living people Malaysian female squash players Squash players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Malaysia {{Malaysia-squash-bio-stub