Danish Atlas Khan

Danish Atlas Khan

Khan at the World Junior Squash Championships in Doha, 2012
Country  Pakistan
Born (1994-01-02) 2 January 1994
Peshawar, Pakistan
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Turned Pro 2008
Coached by Atlas Khan
Racquet used Tecnifibre
Men's singles
Highest ranking 65 (May, 2015)
Current ranking 83 (August, 2016)
Medal record
Representing  Pakistan
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou Team youngest Asian games told Medalist in History at age of 16.

Pakistan National Senior champion 2014 Pakistan National Senior Champion 2015 December Chicago Open Champion 2015

Last updated on: July, 2014.

Danish Atlas Khan (born 2 January 1994,[1][2] in Peshawar[2]) is a professional squash player from Pakistan.

Family

Danish Atlas Khan belongs from squash champion's family son of former world team squash champion Mr Atlas Khan & nephew of former world squash champion Mr Jansher khan. His father, Atlas Khan, is his coach.[1]

Career

Khan turned pro in 2008.[1] He has represented Pakistan at the British Juniors in U-17s age group in 2009 where he won silver. Played final of World junior team championship in Ecuador in 2010 as a team Captain and won the Asian junior championship in Jordan in 2011 and 2012 in Kish, Iran[1]

2010

Danish played at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India. In his first round he won against Jamaican, Bruce Barrows. He was then defeated in the next round by Englishman, Daryl Selby, 11-5, 11-4, 11-3.[3]

At the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, Danish Atlas Khan is the youngest Asian games Gold Medalist in history at age of 16. Danish Atlas Khan won 2 x asian junior championship in 2011-12 Danish Atlas Khan is current Chicago Open Champion 2015

Rankings

Pakistan national former no 1 in 2014 and current national no 2

World

Highest (May 2015): 65[4]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Biography, Danish Atlas Khan PSA Retrieved 5 October 2010
  2. 1 2 Danish Atlas Khan Squash info. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  3. ↑ Result round of 32 CWG official website. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  4. ↑ Danish Atlas Khan PSA Retrieved 5 October 2010.


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