Background
Amr Khaled Khalifa was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt.
Amr Khaled Khalifa was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt.
Khalifa attended high school at the Sakara International School in Cairo, Egypt and graduated in 2010 with honors.
Growing up, Khalifa first learned to play Squash and Swim at the age of 8 at Maadi Club within Cairo. In January 2013, Khalifa enrolled in Saint Lawrence University, a small liberal arts college in Canton, New York in the United States. He also took the top honors in every age group, U13 to U19 at the Pioneer.
He reached a career-high ranking of World Number.
50 in August 2011 on the Professional Squash Association Tour with 9 individual titles. Khalifa left the PSA Tour in December 2012 and enrolled as an undergraduate student at Saint Lawrence University in Canton, New York in January 2013.
In February of 2013 Khalifa led the Saint Lawrence "Saints" squash team to a best ever 6th place overall finish at the United States Intercollegiate Team Squash Championships held at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. In the semi-final match Khalifa beat Ali Farag from Harvard in a tight 3-2 match.
In Spring 2014, the Saints climbed from the 6th place overall to 2nd place overall at the United States Intercollegiate Team Squash Championships held at Trinity College in Connecticut.