Hashim Khan

Hashim Khan
Country Pakistan
Born1 July 1914
Peshawar, British India, (now Pakistan)
Died (aged 100)
Aurora, Colorado, U.S.
ResidenceAurora, Colorado, U.S.
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)[1]
Medal record
Men's squash
Representing  Pakistan
British Open Squash Championships
Gold medal – first place 1951
Gold medal – first place 1952
Gold medal – first place 1953
Gold medal – first place 1954
Gold medal – first place 1955
Gold medal – first place 1956
Silver medal – second place 1957
Gold medal – first place 1958

Hashim Khan SI TQA (Pashto: ہاشم خان; c. 1910 to 1914 – 18 August 2014) was a squash player from Pakistan.[2][3] He won the British Open Squash Championships (the then de facto world championship) a total of seven times, from 1951 to 1956, and then again in 1958. Khan was the patriarch of the Khan squash family of Pakistan, which dominated the sport from the 1950s through the 1980s.

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  3. ^ Rob Dinerman (26 November 2001). "The Khan Family, A Squash Dynasty". SquashTalk website. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2019.