Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (squash player)

Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
Full name Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
Nickname(s) The Cannonball
Country  Colombia
Residence Bogotá, Colombia
Born (1985-12-20) December 20, 1985
Bogotá, Colombia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Turned Pro 2005
Retired Active
Plays Right Handed
Coached by Ángel Rodríguez, Sardar Ali Khan, David Palmer
Racquet used Tecnifibre Dynergy 125 AP
Men's singles
Highest ranking No. 4 (April, 2015)
Current ranking No. 5 (July, 2016)
Title(s) 26
Tour final(s) 36
World Open QF (2015)
Last updated on: July, 2016.

Miguel Angel Rodriguez ["Migue", "Miguelon", "A-Rod"] (born December 20, 1985 in Bogotá) is a professional male squash player who represents Colombia. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in April 2015. Miguel was ranked fourth as of June 1 [1]

Career overview

Rodríguez won two times the Colombian Open 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 in Canada in March and was bronze medalist of the World Games in Cali. He also won gold at the 2015 pan-am games in Toronto for single mens.

Early life

Rodriguez was brought up in Bogota Colombia.

References


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