Amir Wagih

Amir Wagih
Amir Wagih after winning World Cup with national team
Nickname(s)Miro
Country Egypt
Born
Amir Wagih Mohamed

21 August 1967 (1967-08-21) (age 57)
Cairo, Egypt
ResidenceWashington, D.C.
Height6 ft (183 cm)
Weight182 LBs
Turned pro1987
Playsright
Racquet usedtecnifibre
Highest ranking9
Title(s)23+
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Amir Wagih Mohamed (امير وجية, born 21 August 1967) is a professional, top squash coach and former professional squash player. He represented Egypt at six World Team Squash Championships from 1989 to 1999. During the 1999 Men's World Team Squash Championships Wagih helped Egypt win the title for the first time.

He is the current head coach of Squash on Fire which is based in Washington, DC. He is also the current head coach of Georgetown University men's and women's squash team. He was the former head coach of the Egyptian squash team. Amir was also the coach of the Kuwaiti national squash team from 2002 to 2006. Amir was the technical director of A.A. Turki Group, also known as ATCO international squash academy, from 2009 to 2010. Amir had his own private academy in Palm Hills, Egypt from 2010 to 2012 before he moved to the United States.[1] He played right-handed and with a Tecnifibre racquet. Amir has acquired 23 world titles as a coach, including several Egyptian and Arab World Champions.

  1. ^ "Egypt's coach dismisses England as a squash powerhouse ahead of enticing World Team finals in Paderborn". The Daily Telegraph. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2012.