Squash | Athlete Profile: Saurav GHOSAL - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

Birth Date:  10 Aug 1986
Place of Birth:  Kolkata, West Bengal
Country of birth:  IND
Age:  31
Gender:   Men

Height (cm): 168
Weight (Kg): 64

Events and Medals

Sport	Event	Rank
Squash	Men's Singles	17
	Mixed Doubles IND PALLIKAL KARTHIK Dipika/GHOSAL Saurav	2

Saurav GHOSAL - Schedule

Schedule
Time	My Time	Venue	Event	Status
Thu, 5 Apr 18:00	-	Oxenford Studios, Squash Crt 6	Men's Singles Round of 32 IND Saurav GHOSAL 2 JAM Chris BINNIE 3	Finished
Tue, 10 Apr 13:15	-	Oxenford Studios, Squash Crt 3	Mixed Doubles Pool E IND PALLIKAL KARTHIK Dipika/GHOSAL Saurav 2 GUY FUNG-A-FAT Mary/KHALIL Jason-Ray 0	Finished
Tue, 10 Apr 18:45	-	Oxenford Studios, Show Court	Mixed Doubles Pool E IND PALLIKAL KARTHIK Dipika/GHOSAL Saurav 2 PAK ZAFAR Madina/ASLAM Tayyab 0	Finished
Thu, 12 Apr 12:30	-	Oxenford Studios, Show Court	Mixed Doubles Round of 16 IND PALLIKAL KARTHIK Dipika/GHOSAL Saurav 2 MAS AZMAN Aifa/CHAL Sanjay Singh 1	Finished
Thu, 12 Apr 18:00	-	Oxenford Studios, Squash Crt 3	Mixed Doubles Quarter Final WAL EVANS Tesni/CREED Peter 0 IND PALLIKAL KARTHIK Dipika/GHOSAL Saurav 2	Finished
Fri, 13 Apr 18:00	-	Oxenford Studios, Show Court	Mixed Doubles Semi Final NZL KING Joelle/COLL Paul 1 IND PALLIKAL KARTHIK Dipika/GHOSAL Saurav 2	Finished
Sat, 14 Apr 19:00	-	Oxenford Studios, Show Court	Mixed Doubles Gold Medal Match IND PALLIKAL KARTHIK Dipika/GHOSAL Saurav 0 AUS URQUHART Donna/PILLEY Cameron 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights:

Commonwealth Games
Year	Location	Event	Rank
2014	Glasgow, SCO	Singles - Men	4
2014	Glasgow, SCO	Doubles - Men	16
2014	Glasgow, SCO	Doubles - Mixed	QF
2010	Delhi, IND	Singles - Men	16
2010	Delhi, IND	Doubles - Mixed	QF

World Championships
Year	Location	Event	Rank
2017	Manchester, ENG	Singles - Men	3R
2017	Marseille, FRA	Team - Men	QF
2016	Cairo, EGY	Singles - Men	2R
2015	Bellevue, USA	Singles - Men	2R
2014	Doha, QAT	Singles - Men	3R
2013	Manchester, ENG	Singles - Men	QF
2013	Mulhouse, FRA	Team - Men	QF
2012	Doha, QAT	Singles - Men	3R
2011	Rotterdam, NED	Singles - Men	2R
2011	Paderborn, GER	Team - Men	QF
2010	Al-Khobar, KSA	Singles - Men	1R
2009	Kuwait City, KUW	Singles - Men	2R
2009	Odense, DEN	Team - Men	Group Stage
2008	Manchester, ENG	Singles - Men	1R
2007	Hamilton, BER	Singles - Men	Qualifying Finals
2007	Chennai, IND	Team - Men	QF
2006	Cairo, EGY	Singles - Men	1st Qualifying Round
2005	Islamabad, PAK	Team - Men	16

Hobbies:

Sports, movies, music (psaworldtour.com, 23 Jan 2018)

Occupation: Athlete (psaworldtour.com, 23 Jan 2018)
Education: Economics and management, University of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Languages spoken: English
Coach:

PERSONAL: Malcolm WILSTROP (GBR), Jonathan KEMP (ENG) (psaworldtour.com, 23 Jan 2018)
NATIONAL: Ashraf El KARAGUI (EGY) (indianexpress.com, 9 Jul 2017)

Position style: Right-handed (squashinfo.com, 23 Jan 2018)
Reason: "I was 13. I had to choose between squash and cricket, because I couldn't do two sports and study at the same time. I was enjoying squash more, so I left cricket." (globaltrendz.com, 27 Jun 2010)
Ambition: "Get into the world top 10." (telegraphindia.com, 11 Oct 2014)
Influence: Coach, Malcolm WILLSTROP (GBR), made him "90 per cent of the player I am today. Malcolm is not about the money. He is all about helping people grow, and I will be eternally grateful to him". (telegraph.co.uk, 21 Oct 2017)

Additional information:

ELITE
First Indian player to make the Professional Squash Association world top 20 rankings, achieved in 2013. (psaworldtour.com, 23 Jan 2018)

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