Malaysia's 50th birthday ..

I would like to write about Nicol David. Nicol Ann David (born August 26 , 1983 in Penang) is a Malaysian professional squash player. She is currently the World Number 1 in women's squash, and is the current (as of 2006) British Open and World Open champion. She is the first Asian woman to win the Open. She is also the first squash player to have won the World Junior title twice in 1999 and 2000, and remain the only female squash player to have achieved this.



David has been training in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, since she was 18, when she finished her Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination, scoring 7As. David's other titles include the Asian squash championship, which she won with a record of five times (in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006).



On 4 December 2005, she beat Rachael Grinham from Australia to become the youngest world champion. On 25 November 2006, at the historic Ulster Hall in Belfast, she has defended her British Open title in 2006 by beating Natalie Grinham in the final. She became the first Malaysian athlete to win a world championship title for the 2nd consecutive time, and the fourth person in history to retain the world championship.



She held a 13-month, 51-match winning streak, from March 2006 to April 2007 when she finally lost to Natalie Grinham in the final of the 2007 Seoul Open. In today's standard of professional squash, which is regarded by many as being much more competitive than what it was decades ago, having a winning streak comparable to this is an achievement not easily obtainable.



Small and slight, the girl nicknamed the "Duracell Bunny" is certainly spellbindingly fast, a great retriever, but also now a more rounded attacking force too. She threatens to take a strong grip on the rankings for a while to come.



Nicol was also named WISPA Player of The Year for 2005 as she won six WISPA titles, as well as the World Games gold medal and the World Open title. She has been a sports icon in Malaysia and the Malaysian Prime Minister Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was quoted saying that David is "now more famous than me".


Malaysia is a special country to me ... Hope u all enjoy Malaysia ... Hope Malaysia will be better day by day ...

Happy 50th Birthday , Malaysia ...

"AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT , A GREAT ROAR TELLS THE WORLD :

WE ARE NOW A NATION"