14 Facts About Osama Khalifa

Osama Khalifa has four siblings, including older brother Amr Khaled Khalifa, who won the individual and team World Junior Squash Championships in 2010.

Osama Khalifa then matriculated to Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts in 2012 as a high school junior, and graduated in 2014.

Osama Khalifa trained with the Egyptian national team from age 11, and participated in all of the major international junior tournaments.

Osama Khalifa won the British Junior Open Squash Under-13 group in 2008 and the French Junior Open Squash U15 in 2010.

Osama Khalifa won the German Pioneer Cup U17 and the Dutch Junior Open in the U17 and U19 categories.

In September 2012, Osama Khalifa moved to the United States, enrolling at Deerfield Academy.

Osama Khalifa led Deerfield Academy to finish at their best ever, 4th-place position at the United States High School Team Squash Championships held in Philadelphia in February 2013, and a 2nd-place finish at the New England Championships.

Osama Khalifa won the New England High School Individual Championship title both years he competed, in 2013 and 2014.

Osama Khalifa reached the finals of the US Junior Open Championship in December 2012, losing to compatriot Karim El Hammamy, who became the Individual World Junior Champion later that season.

In February 2013, Osama Khalifa represented the winning Egyptian national team in the World Junior Squash Championships in Wroclaw, Poland.

Osama Khalifa earned the 1st Team All-American and 1st Team All-Ivy honors for the third straight season and became the Ivy League Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.

Osama Khalifa was named the William V Campbell Performer of the Year, Columbia University's top annual athletic award.

Osama Khalifa was unanimously selected, for the fourth consecutive year, as both First-Team All-Ivy League and First-Team All-American.

Osama Khalifa began playing professional squash doubles on the Squash Doubles Association tour in March 2022.