Gamal Awad

Gamal Awad (; 9 August 1955 – 6 November 2004) was an Egyptian squash player. He reached a career high ranking of 3 in the world during January 1984.

Biography Awad was the younger brother of Mohammed Awad, another notable Egyptian squash player. Awad became the Egyptian national champion in 1976, and won the British Amateur championship during the 1977/78 and 1978/79 seasons. He finished runner-up to Jahangir Khan at both the 1982 World Masters and the 1983 British Open.

His first major open final was the 1980 World Masters title where he lost to Mohibullah Khan in the final.

He achieved the highest ranking of his career, World No. 3, in January 1984. Awad retired from the professional squash circuit in 1987, following problems with knee injuries.

Awad's acrobatic performances on the squash court earned him the nicknames "rubber man" and "grasshopper". He died of a heart attack on 6 November 2004 in Alexandria at the age of 49.