Jahangir Khan (born 10 December 1963) is a former World No. 1 professional Pakistani squash player. Jahangir Khan is widely regarded as the greatest squash player of all time.
Khan was born into a Pashtun family from Neway Kelay Payan, Peshawar. Jahangir Khan was coached initially by his father Roshan.
During his career, he won the World Open six times and the British Open a record ten consecutive times. He retired as a player in 1993 and served as President of the World Squash Federation from 2002 to 2008. Later in 2008, he became Emeritus President of the World Squash Federation.
Honors and awards:-
1981 – At age 17 became the youngest winner of the World Open, beating Australia’s Geoff Hunt in the final.
1984 – Featured on a Government of Pakistan-issued postage stamp.
1999 – Sport and Youth Award by French Government
2005 – Times Award – Time Magazine named Khan as one of Asia’s Heroes of the last 60 years.
2007 – Awarded an honorary degree of Doctorate of Philosophy by London Metropolitan University.
2017 – Featured on a Government of Japan-issued commemorative stamp
2018 – Winner of the 8th Asian Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sport
