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Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (squash player)

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Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
Full nameMiguel Ángel Rodríguez
Nickname(s)The Cannonball
Country Colombia
Born (1985-12-20) December 20, 1985 (age 38)
Bogotá, Colombia
ResidenceBogotá, Colombia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Turned pro2005
RetiredActive
PlaysRight Handed
Coached byÁngel Rodríguez, Sardar Ali Khan, David Palmer
Racquet usedTecnifibre Carboflex 125 S
Men's singles
Highest rankingNo. 4 (April, 2015)
Current rankingNo. 5 (January, 2016)
Title(s)26
Tour final(s)36
World OpenQF (2015)
Medal record
Men's Squash
Representing  Colombia
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Singles
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Singles
World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Cali Individual
Updated on January, 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 1st [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

Template:Top ten male squash players from the Americas