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| Name: NILOUFAR AAZAM-ZANGANEH |
| Birth Date: October 18, 1982 |
| Age: 21 Ht.: 5’4" |
| Home: Lausanne, Switzerland |
| College: Duke |
| PLAYER NOTES: Just completed her junior year at Duke University ... The 2002 ACC Rookie of the Year ... had her first collegiate victory as a freshman at the Lady Gamecock Classic ... Became the fifth consecutive Duke player to earn ACC Rookie of the Year accolades... Attended the Gymnase Auguste Piccard (1999-01) and College Champittet (1993-98) schools in Switzerland ... A four-time Swiss Juniors and Ladies National Champion ... Notched international wins at the 2001 Spanish Ladies Amateur International, 2000 Doral Publix Junior Classic and the 2000 Portuguese Ladies Amateur International ... Notched a victory at the 1998 Swiss Junior National Championship by recording a four-round 10-under-par total, which included a course record 67 in the third and fourth rounds (74-70-67-67)... Has seen action in five European Team Championships, two World Team Championships and two Ladies European Tour events ... Currently a member of the Swiss National Team ... A three-time winner of the Switzerland Order of Merit, while being the runner-up in 1999 ... Turned in a second place finish at the 1999 Ladies British Open Amateur ... Recorded a second-place finish at the 2000 European Girls Team Championship. . . Her father, Freydoun, is originally from Iran, which led to her Persian name ... The name "Niloufar" means water-lily. |
