Daniel Deverill and Iman Shaheen, recent Canada Winter Games medalists, will both be representing Canada at the World Junior Championships
Squash Canada has recently announced the highly anticipated team that will represent Canada at the prestigious 2023 WSF World Junior Championships in Melbourne, Australia. The event will be held from July 18th to 29th and will consist of Men’s and Women’s Individual competition and the World Junior Women’s Team Championships. The team will be led by coaches Tyler Osborne (ON) and Victoria Lust (BC).
The athletes below will compete in the Individual Championships:
Junior Women
Ananya Maheshwari (Windsor, ON)
Hermione Cao (BC)
Iman Shaheen (Ottawa, ON)
Maria Min (BC)
Ocean Ma (BC)
Spring Ma (BC)
Junior Men
Daniel Deverill (Cambridge, ON)
Faazil Khan (Oakville, ON)
Jacob Lin (BC)
Michael Knapp (AB)
Wasey Maqsood (Milton, ON)
Youssef Sarhan (QC)
Athletes competing in the Women’s World Team Championships:
Iman Shaheen (Ottawa, ON)
Maria Min (BC)
Ocean Ma (BC)
Spring Ma (BC)
To be selected for the World Junior Championships is the highest honour for any young athlete. Although there are both male and female individual events, the teams event alternates each year, with 2023 highlighting the Junior Women.
“I’m extremely grateful to be selected to play in the Team Event,” said Iman Shaheen, Bronze Medalist of the 2023 Canadian Junior Closed Championships and one of the members of the 2023 WSF World Junior Women’s Team event. “Competing again with Team Canada was one of the things I’ve been anticipating all year after my individuals in Nancy were over. It was a surreal experience last year, and I’m very excited to be able to play the Team event in Australia. This team is amazing: Ocean, Spring, and Maria are all fantastic individuals as well as players; they’re extremely talented and hardworking, so I feel lucky to be able to play alongside them in this major event, and to deliver a good result for our team.”
Draws have not been released, but can be found on the event webpage below.