Egypt squash star Nouran Gohar on choosing motherhood at peak of her career: 'I needed meaning in my life'
Nouran Gohar never imagined herself competing on the professional squash circuit as a mother. She thought she would play until she was 31 or 32, then hang up her racquet and focus on growing her family with her husband, Olympic fencer Ziad El Sissy . Yet here she is, at 28 years old, ready to return to the PSA World Tour at the upcoming Qatar Classic, just five months after giving birth to her…
Nouran Gohar, the Egyptian squash star, recently revealed that she chose motherhood at the height of her career. At just 28 years old, Gohar returned to the PSA World Tour at the Qatar Classic just five months after giving birth to her daughter Leyla. The athlete was ranked No 1 in the world before she decided to take a break from competition after the Egyptian Open last September, when she found out she was pregnant.
Gohar continued to train through her pregnancy, stopping only in the last two months due to complications. She returned to the court two and a half weeks after giving birth and is now preparing for a major event in Qatar starting September 12. Gohar explained that she was feeling a lack of meaning in her life and decided to take a break from squash to have a child, as she believed she needed a new purpose in her life.
She stated that she was not near retirement but needed a new meaning in her life, and squash provided her with that opportunity.
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