Sport Role Model

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1065 Words Role Model- Dato Nicol Ann David "That buzz -- you can't get it anywhere else but on that court so that's what motivates me and that's what gives me that drive to keep wanting to play and wanting to win”. A meaningful sentence said from one of my favourite idol which is Dato Nicol Ann David after winning the title of Asean Games 2014 in Incheon recently. Nicol David is presently one of Malaysia’s hottest sports properties. While most Malaysians will have to take a really good look before becoming a professional sports person, Nicol shows them how she did it, and why they should do it too. Nicol Ann David was born on 26 August 1983 in Penang. She has a nickname called Pink Duracell Bunny for her extraordinary speed and agility. She is a daughter to Desmond David, an engineer and Ann Marie David, a teacher. She has two sisters, Lianne and Cheryl, both of whom are accomplished squash players at the national level. As a youngster, mathematics was David's best subject at school, she dreamed of one day becoming an engineer. Her first encounter with squash began at a tender age of 5, and at the age of 8 she started to take squash seriously with regular training and involved in competitive games. She received her primary education at SM Convent Green Lane, Penang. Her squash career began in 1992 when she won silver in the Under-14 category of the Penang State Junior Championship. Her first national level victory was also in 1992 at the Milo-Dunlop Sport National Junior Interstate Championship, where she won silver in the Under-16 category. After that she always gets won the tournament that she participates. She began dominating the squash scene by winning the Asian championship as well as becoming the youngest player to become the world’s woman junior champion. By the time she reached 16 where most people at that age was honeymooning before

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