Abbas. David was also one of the 28 people who received the Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri award (DSPN), which carries the title Datuk, making her the youngest person ever to be conferred Datukship in Penang. The former Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, a fellow Penangite, once quipped that David is "now more famous than me". In July 2007, David received Master of Arts honoris causa; an honorary degree by the University of Nottingham. David has also obtained the WISPA Player of the Year on six consecutive occasions, from 2005 until 2010. David was given the honour of carrying the Olympic torch for Malaysia during the build up to the Athens Olympics of 2004, and was appointed UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador for Malaysia. On 23 September 2019, David was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Sports Science by Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). Honours Honours of Malaysia : Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (2006) Order of Merit (DB) (2008) Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (2009) Commander of the Order of Meritorious Service (PJN) - Datuk (2017) : Officer of the Order of the Defender of State (DSPN) - Dato' (2008) In popular culture The ACE Pictures has on 7 June 2021 announced a biopic in English based on David's life story titled 'I am Nicol David' will soon be produced. See also Official Women's Squash World Ranking List of WISPA number 1 ranked players WISPA Awards British Open Squash Championships British Junior Open Squash Notes Natalie Grinham switched allegiance to the Netherlands from March 2008 onwards. H represents hour while MM represents minutes. WISPA tournament uses PAR scoring from 21 July 2008 onwards. References External links Squash Stars Malaysia’s Résumé – Datuk Nicol Ann David 1983 births Living people People from Penang Malaysian female squash players Malaysian sportswomen Malaysian people of Indian descent Malaysian people of Chinese descent Malaysian Roman Catholics Malaysian socialites Commonwealth Games medallists in squash Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Malaysia Squash players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Asian Games gold medalists for Malaysia Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia Asian Games bronze