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Lina El Tannir
Lina El Tannir, (born October 23, 1987, in Cairo) is a former professional squash player who represented Egypt. El Tannir started playing squash when she was twelve years old because her cousin, Heba Abu Ouf - former Egyptian national champion - and brother, Mohamed El Tannir, already did. Based at the Cairo’s Gezira Club, she was coached by Talha Hussein, Mohamed Ismail and Akram Youssef. As a junior, El Tannir won many national events and several international tournaments. These included the German Junior Open twice (2002 & 2005), the British Junior Open (2006). She was also runner up in the Dutch Junior Open in 2002. She also represented Egypt in the World Junior Team Championship in 2005.[citation needed] El Tannir was ranked third in the national swimming team when she was twelve and second in the national gymnastics team when she was eight.[1] El Tannir reached a career-high world professionals ranking of World No. 80 in October 2006.[2][3] References
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