Karim Abdel Gawad is an Egyptian professional squash player, born on 30 July 1991, who has been both world number 1 and world individual champion. He won the World Open in Cairo in November 2016 by beating his compatriot Ramy Ashour, becoming the third Egyptian world champion after Amr Shabana and Ashour, and he reached world number 1 in May 2017. He was part of the Egyptian teams that won the men's world team championships in 2017, 2019 and 2024. A heel injury suffered in the final of the 2020 Manchester Open kept him out for ten months, yet in May 2023 he returned to reach the world championship final as an unseeded player, losing to Ali Farag. By late 2025 he had won more than thirty PSA Tour titles.
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born 30 July 1991
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He is a former world individual champion
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a former world individual champion and world number 1 and a three-times world team champion
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an Egyptian professional squash player
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professional squash player
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