Sivasangari Subramaniam

Sivasangari Subramaniam (born 24 January 1999, in Sungai Petani) is a Malaysian professional squash player. As of May 2022, she was ranked number 20 in the world. She became the 2018 British Junior Open Champion by defeating Satomi Watanabe. She has most recently won the Gillen Market's London Classic Gold event, in which she beat current world nr.2 Hania El Hamammy (Egypt). Throughout the tournament she had also beaten the likes of current world Champion and world number 1 Nour El Sherbini, as well as current world number 4 Nele Gilis.

Personal life
Sivasangari was born in Sungai Petani, Kedah to Valli Nagappan and Subramaniam Kaniappan. She started playing squash at the age of eight. She is a former student of SMK Sultanah Asma and obtained her GCE Ordinary Level from Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar. She is currently studying Bachelor of Science (Mass Communications/ Media Studies) at Cornell University.

On 26 June 2022, she was involved in a car accident along the Maju Expressway. She sustained fractures on her face and C1 vertebra. Due to the injury, she had to pull out from competing in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Career
In 2011, she was nominated as MSSM (National Schools Sports Council) 2011 Promising Sportsgirl of the Year.

On July 8, 2018, she became youngest women National Champion by defeating Low Wee Wern in final Ohana 34th National Squash Championships.

On March 6, 2022, she won College Squash Association (CSA) National Collegiate Individual Championships to clinch her first individual title for Cornell University.

On 1 April 2024, she completed a dream week at the GillenMarkets London Classic beating World No.2 Hania El Hammamy to lift the PSA World Tour Gold-level title.