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Moving from Category:Asian Games medalists in squash to Category:Asian Games gold medalists in squash using Cat-a-lot

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{{Short description|Hong Kong squash player (born 1989)}}
{{Infobox squash player
| name = Annie Au {{nobold|{{Post-nominals|country=HKG|MH}}}}
| image = Annie Au.jpg
| caption = Annie Au
| full_name =
| nickname =
| country = China (Hong Kong)
| residence = Hong Kong
| birth_name = Au Wing Chi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|2|9}}
| birth_place = [[Hong Kong]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 
| weight = 
| turnedpro = 2004
| retired = 2020
| plays = Left Handed
| coach = Abdul Faheem Khan
| racquet = harrow
| website =
| event = Women's singles
| years_active =
| highest_ranking = No. 6
| date_of_highest_ranking = May, 2012
| current_ranking =
| date_of_current_ranking =
| WorldOpenresult =
| titles = 17
| finals = 27
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[squash (sport)|squash]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{HKG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[WSF World Team Squash Championships|World Team Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2016 Women's World Team Squash Championships|2016 Issy-les-Moulineaux]] | [[Hong Kong women's national squash team|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2018 Women's World Team Squash Championships|2018 Dalian]] | [[Hong Kong women's national squash team|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Squash at the Asian Games|Asian Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[Squash at the 2018 Asian Games|2018 Jakarta]] | [[Squash at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's team|Team]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Squash at the 2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]] | [[Squash at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's singles|Singles]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Squash at the 2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]] | [[Squash at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's team|Team]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[Squash at the 2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]] | [[Squash at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's singles|Singles]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[Squash at the 2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]] | [[Squash at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's team|Team]] }}
| updated = March, 2020
}}
{{family name hatnote|Au|lang=Chinese}}

'''Annie Au Wing Chi''' {{Post-nominals|country=HKG|MH}} ({{zh|t=歐詠芝|j=au1 wing6 zi1}}; born February 9, 1989), known as '''Annie Au''', is a former professional [[squash (sport)|squash]] player who represented [[Hong Kong]].

==Career==
Annie is a left-hander from [[Asia]] who has made a great impression as a junior. Not only winning [[British Junior Open Squash|British Junior Open]] titles but reaching the final of the Asian Junior and being a member of the Hong Kong team which won the [[World Junior Squash Championships|world juniors]] is also on her record. She is a tribute to the Hong Kong Squash development schemes. She started playing squash at school aged thirteen through the promotional scheme. She was coached by national coach Abdul Faheem Khan, a former professional squash player from Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/554-annie-au |title=Annie Au profile |website=Squash Info |access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref>

Au reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 6 in May 2012.<ref>[http://www.horizonsoftware.net/entry/wispa/ranking.php?player=T00637 WISPA Player Profile]</ref><ref>[https://www.squashinfo.com/player-554 Player Profile at SquashInfo]</ref>

In 2016, she was part of the Hong Kong team that won the bronze medal at the [[2016 Women's World Team Squash Championships]] in France.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.squashsite.co.uk/2016/wwt2016.htm |title=WSF Women's World Champs |website=Squash site |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> Two years later in 2018, she was again part of the Hong Kong team that won the bronze medal at the [[2018 Women's World Team Squash Championships]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldsquash.org/france-hong-kong-gatecrash-world-team-semis-in-dalian/ |title=France & Hong Kong gatecrash World Team Semis in Dalian |website=World Squash |access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref> Au retired in 2020 to join the police force.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3105952/squash-queen-annie-au-joins-police-hong-kong-sport-loses-one-its |title=Squash queen Annie Au joins the police as Hong Kong sport loses one of its few world-class stars |website=South China Morning Post |access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Official Women's Squash World Ranking]]
* [[WISPA Awards]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{WISPA|T00637}}
* {{WSA|annie-au}}
* {{Squash Info|554}}
* {{2018 Asian Games profile|AU-Wing-Chi-Annie-3025262|Wing Chi Annie Au}}

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[[Category:1989 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Hong Kong female squash players]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists in squash]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists in squash]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in squash]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Asian Games squash players for Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Squash players at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Squash players at the 2014 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Squash players at the 2018 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games]]
[[Category:21st-century Hong Kong sportswomen]]
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